The sentence is six-and-a-half years in prison for a northwest Minnesota man convicted of killing a retired Lake Park police chief.
Morris Dodd, Junior of Ogema was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the November 2018 shooting death of Jay Nelson.
He was hunting when he was shot driving on the Yellowhead Trail. Dodd denied shooting Nelson, but admitted that he had fired a shot to spook a fawn.
He said he was scared to turn himself in after seeing news reports, knowing he was not allowed to own a gun because of a felony sex charge.
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