Prosecutor: Man fires shotgun through door, killing ex

NEW JERSEY (FOX 5 NEWS) - A New Jersey man is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend Wednesday night by firing a shotgun through her front door.

Authorities charged Clinton Degroat, 38, with first-degree murder in the death of Nicole Sierra, 38, at her home in Ringwood, New Jersey.

The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office said that Degroat got into a fight with a man at Sierra's home, left, and then came back with a shotgun. The prosecutor said that Degroat fired the shotgun through the front glass door, killing Sierra.

Police found a shotgun at the scene.

Degroat also faces weapons possession charges.