SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) - A western Pennsylvania man convicted in the shooting death of an ex-girlfriend and the wounding of another man has been sentenced to a reduced term.
A Somerset County judge on Friday imposed a term of 21 years and four months to 45 years in state prison on 42-year-old Paul McVicker.
The Boswell resident was originally sentenced last year to 28 to 56 years on a third-degree murder conviction in the February 2017 slaying of Britteny Kyle and a graze wound sustained by the male victim.
A Superior Court threw out a third-degree attempted murder conviction, saying attempted murder requires intent and third-degree murder occurs in unintentional slayings. President Judge Gregory Geary instead imposed an aggravated assault sentence.
Defense attorney Jerome Kaharick said his client, who argued self-defense at trial, had no prior criminal record.
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