ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - A 19-year-old Lima man will be going to prison for the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl back in February.
19-year-old Malik Dennis will be serving a mandatory minimum 25-year prison term with a maximum term of up to 30 and a half years.
19-year-old Malik Dennis will be serving a mandatory minimum 25-year prison term with a maximum term of up to 30 and a half years. Dennis was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, and improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation, a second-degree felony, after accepting a plea deal to these charges back on November 15th.Â
Back on February 13, 2024, 14-year-old Lauralye Sterling was found dead in her second-story room at a house on Greenlawn Avenue. Two days after the shooting, Dennis was arrested and allegedly confessed to detectives he shot Sterling.Â
Malik Dennis was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, and improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation, a second-degree felony.
According to Lima detectives, during a preliminary hearing, Dennis climbed an antenna outside the home and fired a single gunshot through the window, striking Sterling.
