Man gets life in prison for 2022 murder of girlfriend

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A man who shot and killed his girlfriend while her kids were at the home has been sentenced.

Khalil Childrey was sentenced Wednesday to mandatory life in prison without parole.

In March, he was found guilty of first-degree murder and felony firearm in the May 2022 death of Stacey Majewski.

The shooting happened May 1, 2022, in Grand Rapids.

That night, police were called to the area of Plymouth Avenue NE and Leonard Street NE on a report that a woman had been shot. Majewski was taken to the hospital, where she died.

Both of her children were at the home when the shooting happened, according to police. The children told police that Childrey was Majewski’s boyfriend and had been living with them for several years.

Both children heard the gunshot and came out of their respective rooms to see Majewski bleeding on her bed and Childrey standing with a gun, they said. They told police that Childrey ran after that, and they then called 911, reporting the shooting and identifying Childrey.

Officers found Childrey a short distance away, and he was arrested.

On the night of the shooting, Childrey said the couple was having an argument and Majewski ultimately told Childrey to leave. They argued some more and Childrey said repeatedly that “everything went black,” court documents say.

At the scene of the shooting, police said they found a pistol that was registered to Childrey.

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