HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A 24-year-old Connecticut man already serving a 32-year prison sentence for manslaughter has pleaded guilty in two unrelated cases, including one where he was charged with shooting his girlfriend in the eye with a flare gun.
Michael Fortin, of Andover, pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge of reckless endangerment in connection with the flare gun shooting.
Police say Fortin shot the woman with the stolen flare gun in February 2015, and as a result, surgeons had to remove her eye.
The other charge of possession of a pistol without a permit is related to a September 2015 confrontation during which a hiker told police Fortin pulled a gun and threatened him.
Fortin was sentenced to four years in prison, to be served after his current sentence is completed.
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