An ex-Pennsylvania judge has been sentenced to 13-and-a-half to 30 years in prison for shooting her ex-boyfriend in the head as he was sleeping.

Sonya McKnight was convicted last month of attempted murder and aggravated assault by a jury, according to a news release from the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office.

McKnight was accused of shooting her ex-boyfriend Michael McCoy while he was sleeping in his home on Feb. 10, 2024, PEOPLE previously reported.

Prosecutors say that the bullet entered the right side of the victim’s face, traveled through his head in a straight line behind his eyes and exited the left side of his face.

Pennsylvania Judge Found Guilty of Shooting Her Ex-Boyfriend in the Head as He Slept

McCoy survived the gunshot wound but is blind in one eye as a resu

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