Missouri man sentenced for fatal 2019 shooting in Wichita

Missouri man sentenced for fatal 2019 shooting in Wichita

Missouri man sentenced for fatal 2019 shooting in Wichita

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By the Associated Press and KFDI News:

A Missouri man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for the shooting death of his friend in Wichita three years ago.

25-year-old Brandon Craig, of Independence, Missouri, was sentenced Wednesday in Sedgwick County District Court to 74 months in prison. Craig pleaded guilty in April to voluntary manslaughter and aggravated battery in the shooting death of 21-year-old Justin Lane, of Grain Valley, Missouri.

Wichita police were called to a home in the 800 block of South Emporia on the night of April 12, 2019, and they found Lane dead with a single gunshot wound to the head. Investigators said Lane and Craig were visiting another friend at the home when they began fighting, and Craig shot Lane. Craig said the shooting was accidental.

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