Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight being escorted by police (PennLive.com screenshot) and mug shot (Dauphin County Central Booking)
A 57-year-old magistrate judge in Pennsylvania is accused of trying to kill her boyfriend, allegedly shooting him in the face while he was asleep last weekend.
Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight was taken into custody on Friday afternoon and charged with one count of criminal attempted murder and one count of aggravated assault in the alleged attack on 54-year-old Michael McCoy, authorities announced.
According to a news release from the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office, the charges stem from an incident in the early morning of Feb. 10 at McCoy’s home in the 200 block of Saddle Ridge Drive in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
“It is alleged that McKnight shot the victim in the head while the victim was sleeping in bed,” prosecutors wrote. “The bullet entered the right side of the victim’s face, traversed through his head in a straight line behind and slightly below his eyes and exited the left side of his face. The victim survived the gunshot wound but is blind in one eye as a result.”