Pine Ridge man pleads guilty in reservation shooting death

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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Pine Ridge man has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of another man on the reservation.

Thomas Brewer this month pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and discharge of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors.

Brewer has admitted to shooting Shawn Stevens with a pistol in the early morning hours of Nov. 30, 2016, during an argument in Pine Ridge. Stevens later died from his injuries.