By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 5, 2015

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A New York prison inmate has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for a fatal shooting that happened 15 years ago.

Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley says Roderick Johnson is already serving a sentence of 28 ½ years-to-life for a 2002 murder conviction.

He pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree manslaughter for the unrelated shooting of 24-year-old John Williams III in August 2000.

Prosecutors say the now 42-year-old Johnson fired several shots into a car Williams was driving on a Rochester street.

He’ll face an additional 16 to 20 years in prison when he’s sentenced in June.

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