New York man sentenced for killing father during football game

A 49-year-old man in New York was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder of his 71-year-old father. Drew Botsford shot Lloyd Botsford in the head while the victim sat on a loveseat watching a football game. The sentencing occurred in Sullivan County Court on Friday.

Sullivan County Court Judge James R. Farrell ordered the term after a March conviction. The shooting took place on October 8, 2023, at a residence on Bradley Road in the town of Neversink following a verbal argument between father and son. Prosecutors detailed how Botsford retrieved a .22 rifle from a closet, loaded it, and fired one shot from beside the bathroom door.

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