An Allentown man charged in a fatal shooting outside a child’s birthday party was sentenced Thursday to 11 1/2 to 28 years in state prison, prosecutors said in a news release.

Roberto Gonzalez, 26, admitted he shot and killed 33-year-old Miguel S. Dalmasi, of Alburtis, on Feb. 17, 2024, according to the news release from the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office. The shooting occurred outside Allentown’s East Side Fire Social Hall at 405 E. Walnut St., the site of a birthday party for a 1-year-old, the release says.

Police say several men wearing ski masks and hooded sweatshirts gathered outside the party, and a dispute ensued between the masked men and the party attendees.

Dalmasi, a relative of the 1-year-old child, went outside the hall to mediate the dispute and a fight broke o

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