Syracuse, N.Y. — A 34-year-old man found guilty of fatally shooting a man because he believed his children were in imminent danger was sentenced to prison Monday.
Dashontay Kirkland, of Syracuse, was sentenced to 25 years for second-degree murder and 15 years for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Onondaga County Judge Gordon Cuffy ordered the sentences to run concurrently, meaning Kirkland will serve them at the same time.
Kirkland was convicted after the June 24, 2024, killing of Sidney E. Comrie, 42, on the porch of a home on West Calthrop Avenue in Syracuse…