Man pleads guilty in death of woman shot through wall

[rd-kmg]

Link to article in Indiana Lawyer

"[FONT=&amp]An Evansville man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for the death of a neighbor who was killed when a bullet traveled through an apartment wall.[/FONT][FONT=&amp]
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[FONT=&amp]"Police say Abreu and a woman were arguing when he fired a gun last June. Bittler’s husband returned home from an errand and found her shot in the chest. She died at a hospital."[/FONT]

 

[modelflyer2003]

Sad.

 

[Prometheus]

Wait, am I missing something here? The two of them were arguing, the guy shoots through the wall and hits her, she dies and he only gets 30 months?

When I first heard about this I thought it was something like a ND.

Guy purposefully lets a round fly at a neighbor and it kills her, how the hell does he only get 30 months?

 

[Alamo]

Wait, am I missing something here?

I think you are. The guy was arguing with his wife in one apartment. He fired a round into the wall and killed a different woman in the apartment next door, apparently without knowing it. The dead woman was discovered by her husband when he returned home.

ETA: More detail here: https://www.courierpress.com/story/...-wall-sentenced-reckless-homicide/2376344002/

 

[snorko]

I think this is a very light sentence. He intentionally fired his weapon. If it had been an honest to God ND then I could see some leniency, but this was intentional. Should probably have thrown intimidation with a firearm and attempted murder for the wife as well.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I think you are. The guy was arguing with his wife in one apartment. He fired a round into the wall and killed a different woman in the apartment next door, apparently without knowing it. The dead woman was discovered by her husband when he returned home.

ETA: More detail here: https://www.courierpress.com/story/...-wall-sentenced-reckless-homicide/2376344002/

Wow, I must be missing something as well. Even if it went down as you described, 30 months hardly seems like a fair sentence.

 

[rd-kmg]

I read the probable cause affidavit; from that I'm guessing they didn't think they could prove that he fired it intentionally, only that it discharged during an argument.

 

[Ark]

Must have been Christmas at the prosecutor's office for him to get off that light.