Teen sentenced to 10 years to life for killing 11-year-old girl in Bronx shooting

A 18-year-old man was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting an 11-year-old girl in the stomach in 2022.

Matthew Godwin, who was 15 at the time, was charged as an adult with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He pleaded guilty to murder on March 6, according to the Bronx district attorney’s office.

Godwin’s attorney declined to comment, but said during court that he believed his client was remorseful…

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