Norfolk man sentenced for 2023 shooting that killed 14-year-old [Video]

NORFOLK, Va. — A Norfolk man was sentenced to serve five years for a 2023 incident that killed a 14-year-old.

Albert James Sutton was sentenced on Friday in Norfolk Circuit Court.

He was charged with recklessly handling a firearm and involuntary manslaughter for accidentally shooting and killing Amir Anthony Burnett on Sept. 3 last year.

According to a Commonwealth’s Attorney press release, Sutton was supervising a group of about a dozen children ranging in age from toddlers to teenagers inside a home on Wyngate Drive while other adults were out running errands. He had a gun with him and was showing it to the children in an upstairs bedroom when he unintentionally pulled the trigger, the press release stated. The single round hit Amir in his chest and went through the wall …