COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus woman could spend more than two decades behind bars for the fatal shooting of a man last year.
According to an announcement from the Franklin County Prosecutor, Cassandra Franklin, 41, was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 to 23.5 years in prison by Common Pleas Judge Dan Hawkins.
Franklin pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter with a three-year gun specification and one count of burglary. Investigators said Franklin shot and killed Michael Sarratt during a struggle on the evening of February 22, 2023, after entering a Columbus residence and assaulting Sarratt and another person.
Franklin was arrested on May 26, 2023, by the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team after she was located in Uniontown, Ohio, southeast of Akron.