Man receives sentence after deadly shooting

The man who killed a Schenectady mother during a Fourth of July party back in 2020, will could spend the rest of his life behind bars.

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Tevin Alvarez was sentenced Friday in Schenectady County court to 20 years to life in prison.

He took a plea deal in November, rather than go on trial for second degree murder.

Ieasha Merritt was killed when Alvarez and another man opened fire in a parking lot during an altercation.

Merritt was hit in the head by a stray bullet – she was not the intended target.