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New Haven man sentenced for 2022 murder of Olympian's mother
WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — After pleading guilty in February, Jasper Greene, 23, was sentenced to 33 years of imprisonment for his role in the 2022 murder of Mabel Martinez Antongiorgi.
Greene was arrested on Sept. 18, 2023 and pleaded guilty to murder in February.
2023: Naugatuck man convicted of killing Olympian's mother in Waterbury
Antongiorgi was struck by a stray bullet after a group of men, including Greene, shot at a car near her home on April 9, 2022.
The group included 42-year-old Franklin Robinson, who is serving his sentence for murder.
Testimony revealed that the shooting stemmed from a dispute with Robinson, his then-girlfriend and a man believed to be in the car outside Antongiorgi's residence.
In total, 22 shots were fired at the car, one stray bullet struck Antongiorgi in the head.
Antongiorgi was the mother of Puerto Rican Olympic athlete, Yarimar Mercado Martinez, who competed in rifle shooting events in the 2016 and 2021 Olympic Games.
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