Dover man sentenced to 40 years for fatally shooting his mother in 2022

DOVER, Del. – A Dover man has been sentenced to several decades in prison for fatally shooting his mother last year.

37-year-old Kyle Leonard pled guilty last week to second degree murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison, suspended after 30 years for six months of work release or home confinement, followed by two years of probation.

The charges stem from an incident on January 7, 2022, when Leonard fatally shot his mother, 67-year-old Debra Leonard.