When Jerrel Ingram fired his gun from a car outside True Diamonds Gentleman’s Club in Stowe on Dec. 5, 2020, he was aiming at a security guard with whom he’d had an ongoing dispute.

Instead, during the shootout between those two men, Madison Gilroy, 22, of North Huntingdon, was killed by a stray bullet as she walked down the street.

On Tuesday, Ingram, 33, of Arlington Heights, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and was sentenced to serve 10 to 25 years in prison as part of a plea agreement.

An affidavit of probable cause filed in the case said Ingram recently had been banned by the club and was arguing with the security guard that night. As he drove away, he fired multiple rounds and the security guard fired back. Gilroy was struck in the back, the affidavit said.

Her family told Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Thomas E. Flaherty that she was a kind, caring and non-judgmental woman who planned to become a doctor.

Eliza Watson told the court that her best friend had a “radiant energy.”

“She always persevered in her drive to help others,” she said. “She gave her love and her kindness under no condition.”

Mia Gilroy told Flaherty that her sister was strong, unique and brilliant — and the only flesh and blood she had.

Marlane Gilroy told the court that she adopted Madison and Mia out of the foster care system. The two of them, she said, were the only ones to truly understand each other’s struggles.

“Now Mia is left to not have anyone to understand what she went through,” Marlane Gilroy said. “The world has lost her. No one will get to know the beauty of her.”

When it was his turn to address the court, Ingram apologized to the Gilroy family.

“It’s just an unfortunate situation,” he said. “I see the pain that I caused you. If I could turn back the hands of time, I would and wouldn’t have placed myself in that situation.”

Ingram said he would like the family’s forgiveness, but then continued, “If the shoe was on the other foot, I probably wouldn’t forgive me.”

Defense attorney Casey White said the case was a tragedy.

“He clearly didn’t have any malicious intent toward Ms. Gilroy,” White said of Ingram.

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