A New York man will spend eight and a half years behind bars for killing another man in Bangor in 2020.Khalid Harris, 29, of the Bronx, pleaded guilty on Monday to manslaughter in the shooting death of 28-year-old Syies Adams, also of New York. Harris had been charged with murder and admitted that prosecutors could prove he killed Adams.A judge sentenced Harris to 18 years in prison, with nearly half of the sentence suspended.In December of 2020, police were called to a home on Union Street in Bangor after a 911 caller reported an unconscious man there.Adams was pronounced dead at the scene. The medical examiner said he died of a gunshot wound to the chest.Harris’s attorney said if the case had gone to trial he would have argued self-defense.The victim’s sister, Lashae Adams, gave an impact statement remotely in court Monday morning, saying, “You ripped my heart out when you took my brother’s life.”In addition to his prison sentence, Harris is to pay $3,600 in restitution to cover funeral expenses and will be on probation for four years.