‘A scene of death’: Father of 3 killed when man shot innocent bystander during ‘tense argument’ with someone else outside family barbecue

A Pennsylvania man will spend several years behind bars for shooting and killing an innocent bystander outside a family barbecue.

In October 2025, Steffen Tidwell, 31, was convicted by a jury of his peers in Lancaster County on counts of voluntary manslaughter and discharging a firearm for the death of 26-year-old Jomar Almestica.

On Thursday, the defendant was sentenced by Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas Judge Dennis Reinaker to a sentence of eight to 20 years in state prison as well as $8,000 in restitution…

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