Texan Receives 55 Years For Killing Girlfriend, Wounding Son
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ABILENE (AP) — A West Texas man must serve 55 years in prison for the 2014 fatal shooting of his girlfriend and the wounding of their newborn son in her arms.
KTXS-TV reports Chevayae Johnson was sentenced Wednesday in Abilene in a plea agreement.
Johnson pleaded guilty to murder and received 55 years behind bars. Investigators say 22-year-old Makayla Bunting was slain in June 2014 at an apartment.
Johnson received 20 years in prison for injury to a child — his then-2-week-old son. Police say the baby suffered a hand wound from the same round that killed Bunting.
The sentences run concurrently.
Johnson was treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police initially thought Johnson died at the scene, but he regained consciousness and attacked officers, who subdued him using a stun gun.
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