Charles Heaven, 50, entered a plea to a lesser charge of murder with a firearm on Oct. 24 and was convicted more than two years after the fatal shooting occurred, according to court records. He was given credit for time served and was prohibited from contacting the victim’s family.

Heaven was initially charged with second-degree murder with a firearm, according to court records.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Manatee County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call regarding a shooting at an apartment at 3214 54 Drive E. on the evening of Sept. 20, 2022. Heaven, then 48, had arrived at her 24-year-old daughter’s house while her boyfriend was there.