A 44-year-old father in Georgia will go to prison after leaving his two young children in a car with an unsecured handgun , resulting in his 7-year-old son being shot and killed. On Thursday, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Courtney L. Johnson ordered Dante Lamar Daugherty to serve two years in a state correctional facility over the 2023 death of young Z'ayre Daugherty, authorities announced.

The judge handed down the sentence after Daugherty pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree cruelty to children as part of a non-negotiated deal with prosecutors, District Attorney Sherry Boston said in a news release . In addition to his incarceration, Daugherty will be required to serve eight years of probation.

Prosecutors stated that they were seekin

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