A Clairton man will spend 15 to 40 years for killing his girlfriend in Homewood last year.
Sanders Barber, 45, pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder and a firearms charge before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge David R. Cashman.
Pittsburgh police were called to a home on Monticello Street in Homewood in the early morning hours of March 30, 2020, where they found a resident there, Shade-a Johnson, dead from a gunshot wound.
Witnesses said Johnson’s boyfriend, known as “Von,” had been playing with a small, black and yellow gun at her home all night, including firing it earlier in the evening, which triggered the city’s ShotSpotter system, according to a criminal complaint.