Man who fatally shot 2-year-old sentenced to 18 years

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – A Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a 2-year-old was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Marquis Thurman, 23, was one of two men who pleaded guilty in January to manslaughter and evidence tampering in the death of 2-year-old Nova Gallman.

He was sentenced Thursday to 18 years and ordered to pay $1,800 in restitution.

Nova was with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend on Dec. 5, 2016 when Thurman and Adrian Dunn came to the house to buy marijuana.

An argument broke out and Nova was fatally shot in the head. Dunn also pleaded guilty in January. He’s scheduled to be sentenced in April.