The shooting happened in August 2019 on the assembly line at Lear Corporation, which manufactures automotive seating and electrical systems. Shanina Smith, 27, was found dead on the floor. She had been shot multiple times.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) A woman was sentenced to 50 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to fatally shooting a fellow assembly line worker at an Alabama automobile parts plant in 2019.
State news outlets report that Angela Mayo, 30, pleaded guilty to a murder charge in state court in Tuscaloosa in the death of Shanina Smith, 27. The shooting happened at Lear Corporation in Tuscaloosa County, a supplier for Mercedes-Benz.
Prosecutors had asked for a life sentence for Mayo. Her attorney asked for a 20-year sentence, claiming she was on medication for post-traumatic stress disorder for rape and sexual assault earlier in her life.