WETASKIWIN, Alta. – Three teens have pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting of a five-year old boy on an Alberta reserve.
Ethan Yellowbird was sleeping in his bed when he was struck in the head with a bullet fired at a house on the Samson Cree First Nation in Hobbema in July 2011.
Three boys, who were 13, 16 and 17 at the time of the shooting, entered the guilty pleas at the beginning of a two-week trial in Wetaskiwin.
They are to appear in court again Nov. 21 to set a date for sentencing.
The Crown says other charges of aggravated assault and intentional discharge of a firearm will likely be withdrawn at that time.
Guilty pleas by teens in death of five-year-old boy on Alberta reserve
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