A Brooklyn man on Tuesday was been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting his 49-year-old girlfriend inside their East Flatbush home, then turning the gun on others in the house as they hid in a bedroom with a newborn baby.
Peter Hibbert, 51, of East Flatbush, was convicted of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon on March 18, following a jury trial, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
On May 7, 2023, at approximately 2:55am, Hibbert fatally shot Jacqueline Wilson, 49, multiple times inside their residence on East 96th Street in East Flatbush. The defendant and the victim had been in a relationship for approximately three years and lived together in the home.
Also inside the home at the time were the Wilson's adult daughter, her husband and their newborn baby. After shooting Wilson, the defendant pointed a handgun at the couple and fired toward them as they fled into a bedroom and shut the door, prosecutors said.
Two bullets pierced the door as the couple barricaded themselves inside with the infant while waiting for police. Neither the couple nor their baby were hit by gunfire.
The defendant was discovered by police shortly after the shooting sleeping in the basement of the home and was arrested, prosecutors said.
“Jacqueline Wilson was shot to death inside her own home and others, including a terrified family with a six-week-old baby, were forced to barricade themselves to survive," Gonzalez said in a statement. "This was a senseless act of violence and I hope today’s sentence brings some measure of solace to the family, who endured unthinkable pain and trauma at the hands of this defendant.”
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