A man who shot his former girlfriend and lit her on fire in front of her children was sentenced to death Friday, prosecutors said.
In February 2011, Tyrone Harts, 41, killed Brandi Morales in the Los Angeles-area home she shared with her six children. Officials said Harts had previously lived there, but the couple had split up several weeks before.
On the night of the murder, police said he called the house and spoke to her children, telling one of them to leave the sliding glass door unlocked.
Morales’ two oldest children were awakened by their mother’s screams on Feb. 21, prompting the oldest boy to grab a kitchen knife and go to her room, officials said. Harts shot at the boy, who ran away while the other four children woke up. More
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