Teens face 10-year sentence in shooting death of 11-year-old girl in Bronx

Judge sentences gunman who fatally shot 11-year-old girl in 2022

A judge closed the book Wednesday on a particularly shocking episode of teenage gun violence in the Bronx, sentencing a teen gunman to 10 years to life in prison for killing an 11-year-old girl with a stray bullet meant for a 13-year-old boy. Young Kyhara Tay, 11, was waiting for friends outside a nail salon in 2022 on the corner of Fox St. and Westchester Ave. in Longwood on May 16 when she was hit in the abdomen by an adolescent shooter, Matth…

2 men sentenced in murder of 11-year-old bystander waiting for friends outside nail salon

The teenagers at the time of the shooting were 18 and 15 years old, riding on a scooter when they opened fire, missing the intended target, but killing the little girl.

‘A profound tragedy’: Teens sentenced in Bronx for killing 11-year-old Kyhara Tay with stray bullet during shootout

The young killers who admitted to killing 11-year-old Kyhara Tay on a Bronx street during a 2022 shootout appeared in court on Wednesday afternoon to face sentencing — and the victim's grief-stricken family. Matthew Godwin, who was 15 at the time of the slaying, pleaded guilty to firing the fatal shots that spring afternoon on May 16 while then 18-year-old Omar Bojang admitted to driving the scooter from which Godwin fired the fatal bullet. The …

Mom of slain 11-year-old girl confronts her killers in court: ‘Do you feel any remorse?’

Three years after 11-year-old Kyhara Tay was killed by a stray bullet in the Bronx, her mom asked the killers for answers in court.

Teens face 10-year sentence in shooting death of 11-year-old girl in Bronx

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – A 15-year-old and 18-year-old are facing a minimum 10-year sentence in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old girl in the Bronx in 2022. Prosecutors said Matthew Godwin, 15, was aiming for another teenager when he allegedly fired the shot that hit Kyhara Tay. Omar Bojang, 18, was accused of driving the moped that Godwin was on at the time of the shooting, according to officials. More Local News Godwin and Bojang bot…

Bronx Man Gets 10 Years to Life for Killing 11-Year-Old Kyhara Tay in Foxhurst in 2022

BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY Darcel Clark joins family members of 11-year-old gun violence victim, Kyhara Tay, after a Bronx man was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison for her fatal shooting  Fox Street towards 165th Street in the Foxhurst section of the South Bronx,in the South Bronx in May 2022. Photo courtesy of Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Wednesday, April 23, that Bronx man Matthew G…