Crime & Safety
Ulster Man Receives Prison Time For Shooting Ex-Girlfriend's Boyfriend
He was friends with the man he shot until his girlfriend broke up with him for the other man.
KINGSTON, NY — An Ulster County man will be going to prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend.
In January, Walter Post Jr., 26, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for fatally shooting Michael Hankins, 29, in the town of Shawangunk, News 12 reported.
Post was sentenced Friday to 18 years to life.
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He was also ordered to pay $8,200 to Hankins's family and the Crime Victims Board for a portion of the funeral expenses, Mid Hudson News reported.
Post shot Hankins with a shotgun Jan. 11 after Hankins got out of his car to check his tires that had been slashed by Post.
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The two were friends until Post's girlfriend broke up with him for Hankins.
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