RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - An Old West gun battle re-enactor in
South Dakota who fired live rounds instead of blanks, injuring
three onlookers, faces up to 20 years in prison after a plea deal.
Paul Doering, of Summerset, appeared Thursday in the U.S.
District Court in Rapid City and pleaded guilty to a newly leveled
charge of tampering. In exchange, prosecutors dropped the original
charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Federal Public Defender for the Dakotas Neil Fulton says Doering
is "very sorry" people were hurt in what he described as an
accident.
Doering declined to comment to the Rapid City Journal.
Doering admits in court documents that he tried to hide two guns
and ammunition after the June 17 shooting in Hill City. He's to be
sentenced April 9.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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