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Victim's Family Objects to Reduced Sentence for Slaying

A Bridgeport man pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the July 30 shooting of a Stratford man.

The family of a murder victim protested in court Wednesday against a reduced sentence given to .

The Connecticut Post reported that relatives of Noel Gonzalez, the murder victim, objected to the guilty plea accepted for Wilfredo Martinez, 24, of Bridgeport, for shooting Gonzalez in the head as he stood on his front porch on July 30, 2011.

Martinez pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter and carrying a pistol without a permit and will get a 10-year prison term when he is sentenced on July 27, the Post said.

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Another Bridgeport man, Jose Rivera, 24, was also arrested in the killing.

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