A woman has learned her fate for shooting and killing a teenager she believed had tried to break into her sister's vehicle.

Zariah Johnson, 23, was sentenced on Thursday to 32 years in prison plus 15 years of extended supervision in the death of 14-year-old Alijah Golden-Richmond last year, according to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, news outlets, including Fox affiliate WITI . Johnson had pleaded guilty in July to first-degree reckless homicide.

The fatal shooting occurred on Aug. 15, 2024, in the area of 39th and Vliet streets in Milwaukee . According to a criminal complaint reviewed by Law&Crime, Johnson was at home with her family when she learned her sister's car was being broken into. When she looked outside, she saw four people near her car and "armed herself with her mother's black handgu

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