BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Bridgeport man was sentenced Wednesday to 80 years in prison in a 2024 murder case on Stratford Avenue.
Judge Keven Doyle sentenced Terence Gallimore, 35, to 60 years for the murder of Brandaja Winston, 28, on Aug. 17, 2024.
Gallimore was also given 10 years for assault in the first degree for shooting and seriously injuring a 30-year-old man standing near her.
Gallimore was a convicted felon at the time.
Judge Doyle also sentenced him to 10 years for the charge of criminal possession of a pistol or revolver.
The sentences are to run consecutively.
Gallimore was convicted of the charges on Dec. 16, after a trial that lasted approximately two weeks.
The jury deliberated only a couple of hours before reaching the guilty verdicts.
According to Bridgeport detectives, Gallimore shot multiple rapid-fire rounds from an AK-47 assault rifle at a crowd standing on Stratford Avenue at around 2:25 a.m. on Aug. 17, 2024.
He was in a moving car when he fired.
Winston was struck in the head and was killed instantly.
The male victim underwent surgery and survived.
Both were unintended targets.
Gallimore’s intended target was not injured.
Judge Doyle said that the facts of the case dictated sentences that would no longer allow Terence Gallimore to be a danger to society.
Detectives are still working to identify a second shooter from the car.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Homicide Unit at (203) 581-5293, or the tips line at (203) 576-TIPS.
