CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A man has been sentenced for shooting and killing his neighbor in Cherokee County while she was standing in her kitchen two years ago .

Deputies said they responded to Songbird Lane around 6:30 p.m. in August 2022 and found 42-year-old Kesha Luwan Lucille Tate dead at the scene with gunshot wounds.

Deputies reported that 30-year-old Nicholas Skylar Lucas was arrested and charged with murder and discharging a weapon into a dwelling.

During opening statements on Sept. 2, the prosecution said Lucas and another person were outside, recklessly firing guns, when a bullet from Lucas’s gun went through Tate’s window and killed her. She was cooking at the time for her children, who called 911.

Lucas’s defense said he did not intentionally shoot Tate. H

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