Marine gets probation in fatal shooting

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Marine gets probation in fatal shooting
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Dec 24, 2008 11:02:39 EST

BEAUFORT, S.C. — A former Marine from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., has been sentenced to five years’ probation after pleading guilty in the shooting death of a fellow Marine.

The Beaufort Gazette reports that a judge handed down the sentence on Dec. 18, the same day 21-year-old Patrick King pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter.

King was arrested in August after investigators said he shot Cpl. Tony Martinez-Ramirez during a party while playing with a handgun he didn’t think was loaded.

Both men were members of the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31. The paper says King will serve his probation in his home state of New York and is no longer a Marine.

A phone message for King’s attorney was not immediately returned.


Article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/12/ap_marineshooting_122408/%2e