Man gets 24 years in girlfriend slay

A 21-year-old Springfield Gardens man has been sentenced to 24 years in state prison for the fatal shooting of his teenage girlfriend — who had been trying to end their relationship — during a dispute inside her Jackson Heights residence in April 2007.
Shane Tomlinson, 21, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter last month, and was sentenced.
According to the charges, on Sunday, April 15, 2007, the defendant used a .45 caliber pistol to fatally shoot 18-year-old Chameka Miller in the left cheek while inside the stairwell of her residence at 33-24 77th Street in Jackson Heights. Shortly thereafter, the defendant disposed of the illegal handgun in a garbage can on Queens Boulevard. The victim purportedly had tried to break up with the defendant prior to the incident.