Man gets prison term for fatally shooting woman at party
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — A man who shot a woman during a party at his New Jersey home two years ago is now headed to prison.
Burlington County prosecutors say 44-year-old Darren Winningham received a 10-year sentence Friday. The Riverside man had pleaded guilty last month to aggravated manslaughter in the April 2016 death of 35-year-old Nikita Cross.
The Galloway Township woman was shot in the chest during the party. But authorities have not said what sparked the shooting.
Cross was taken to a hospital but died there a short time later.
No other injuries were reported in the shooting.
Stockton University of New Jersey posthumously awarded a bachelor's degree in social work to Cross.