MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) - A 25-year-old Mitchell man has been
sentenced to spend 10 days in jail for accidentally shooting and
injuring his roommate.
Blair Margiotti was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to
reckless discharge of a firearm. He was ordered to pay more than
$7,000 to 25-year-old Rocky Reuer.
Police say Margiotti admitted to handling a loaded firearm while
he was drunk and shooting Reuer in the right knee as he was either
unloading or taking the firearm apart.
Reuer said in a letter to the court that he did not want
Margiotti to serve jail time because it was accident. Reuer did ask
for restitution.
Reuer appeared in court after the March shooting on unrelated charges,
including possessing a controlled substance and driving drunk.
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