A St. Louis police officer accused of accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Nathaniel Hendren, 30, had been scheduled to go to trial March 23 on charges of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action.
The seven-year sentence was the maximum for involuntary manslaughter.
He was accused of fatally shooting 24-year-old Katlyn Alix, also a St. Louis police officer, at his home in January 2019 while he was supposed to be on duty elsewhere.
Hendren's male partner, also on duty, was at the home, too.
Alix, a married military veteran, was off-duty at the time.
[Source:CBSNews]
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