LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A man charged in the shooting death of a volunteer firefighter in central Arkansas has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the case.
Prosecutors accused Mark Pruitt of fatally shooting 29-year-old Ronald Jason Adams, who went by his middle name, in January 2016. Adams was shot to death while responding to an emergency call at Pruitt’s home of a man having a seizure.
Court records say Pruitt told his examiners at the state hospital that he had accidentally shot Adams, mistaking him for an intruder.
Little Rock television station KATV reports (https://bit.ly/2mT5pxl ) that Pruitt apologized to Adams’ family in court Thursday. Pruitt had been scheduled to go to trial next month.
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Information from: KATV-TV, https://www.katv.com/
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