YOUNGSTOWN Woman faces sentencing in shooting death

The woman faces up to 13 years in prison at her sentencing in May.
By BOB JACKSON
VINDICATOR COURTHOUSE REPORTER
YOUNGSTOWN -- Authorities aren't sure where Danielle Kramer got the gun that was in her car one night last May.
All they're sure of is that she used it to fire one shot at 25-year-old Charise E. Harmon, killing her after the two women argued following a traffic accident. Now Kramer, 28, of Parnell Street, faces up to 13 years in prison.
Pleaded guilty: She pleaded guilty Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to one count of voluntary manslaughter, reduced from the original charge of murder as part of a plea agreement with the prosecutor's office.
Judge R. Scott Krichbaum will sentence her at 9 a.m. May 11.
"It's a sad, tragic case," said Samuel Amendolara, one of Kramer's attorneys. She is also represented by Atty. Thomas Zena.
Assistant prosecutor Patrick Pochiro said Harmon opened her car door just as Kramer drove past outside F & amp;N Market on Shehy Street. Kramer's car hit the door and knocked it off, Pochiro said.
What happened next: Harmon got out of her car and confronted Kramer, who had pulled her car to the side of the street and was sitting inside. A struggle ensued, resulting in Kramer getting out of her car, reaching under the seat for the gun and shooting Harmon, authorities said.
Amendolara said Kramer had just come into possession of the .380-caliber automatic handgun, but was not sure whether she had bought it or was borrowing it.
After the shooting, Kramer dropped the gun and ran away, Pochiro said. Harmon's brother, Leonard Harmon, was standing nearby and saw what happened. He picked up the gun, chased Kramer and used it to pistol-whip her, police said.
A Bruce Street man told police he was in his kitchen when he heard angry shouts from outside, looked out and saw Leonard Harmon beating Kramer. When the witness went outside to help, Harmon fled.