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A man who fatally shot his girlfriend in the back in their San Carlos apartment, as she was shielding their baby in her arms and standing near her 5-year-old son, has been sentenced to 35 years to life in prison.

Rodrick Lamar Harris pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Vanessa Bobo.

—City News Service