Wallkill man faces 10 years in prison for shooting girlfriend

Joseph Lightfoot,18, of Wallkill, faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal possession of a weapon for shooting his girlfriend during a fight in April.

According to police, Lightfoot got into an altercation with a man in Walden and attempted to shoot him, but instead hit his girlfriend in the wrist.

The woman was treated at the hospital for nonlife-threatening injuries.

Lightfoot's sentencing is expected to take place in the coming weeks.