RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Rapid City man has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of 29-year-old Monte Gakin at the Oxford Apartments last August.
31-year-old Kane Youngman entered a guilty plea to first-degree manslaughter Friday in Seventh Circuit Court. Youngman had originally been charged with murder.
According to a factual basis statement read by Judge Jeffrey Connolly, Youngman admitted he was inside an apartment on East Watertown Street when he got into an argument with Gakin and shot him multiple times with a handgun while Gakin was sitting on a couch.
Youngman also stated he did not know Gakin prior to the incident. He now faces a possible sentence of up to life in prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
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