Teen accepts plea deal in friend’s death

By Rich Cholodofsky

Trib Total Media

A Monessen teenager pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of his 16-year-old classmate in 2022. Terry Newton, 17, had been scheduled to go to trial May 6 on criminal homicide charges related to his role in the Nov. 29, 2022, shooting of Amari Altomore. Prosecutors said Altomore was shot one time in the abdomen during an altercation that occurred as the teens played video games in the bedroom of Newton’s South 14th Street home.

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