18-year sentence for Topeka man who shot 5-year-old girl

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Topeka man has been sentenced to more than 18 years in prison for a gunshot that struck a 5-year-old girl at a hotel in Lenexa.

The Kansas City Star reports that 36-year-old Antwaun Nelson Fulton was sentenced Thursday. He pleaded guilty in January to felony charges of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated battery and discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling.

The child suffered non-life threatening injuries to her leg when she was shot in July at the Crossland Economy Studios. Authorities say Fulton was shooting at a man with whom he had a previous dispute.

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Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.kcstar.com