9/15 • Florida • Miami
Defendant in accidental shooting of 17-year-old girl at Miami Airbnb pleads guilty, to be released from jail in October
By: Jessica Holly, Franklin White | Published on Sept 15, 2022
MIAMI (WSVN) – A young man who confessed to accidentally shooting a 17-year-old girl pleaded guilty in court, as he stood before the victim’s heartbroken family.
Hours later, a judge sentenced the 20-year-old to several weeks of jail time, followed by boot camp.
Michael McGowan was 17 years old when, he said, he opened fire at an Airbnb in Miami on May 18, 2020.
Now 20, the defendant on Thursday faced a judge and the family of the victim, Giselle Rengifo.