MAYS LANDING – A Pleasantville man was sentenced this morning to 20 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a Pleasantville man in 2010, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain announced.
On May 10, 2010 at 9:18 p.m., Pleasantville police responded to 29 West Park Avenue for a report of a man shot outside a convenience store. Upon arrival, Scott Godfrey, 21, of Pleasantville, was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds.
Godfrey was pronounced dead at 9:35 p.m. via telemetry by Dr. Eric Wolk, of the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, and a subsequent autopsy determined that the victim died of gunshot wounds to the chest, back, and leg.