Man gets 12 years for backyard vet shooting

Man gets 12 years for backyard vet shooting
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday May 21, 2008 5:58:07 EDT

DULUTH, Minn. — A Duluth man has been sentenced to 12½ years in prison for killing an Iraq war veteran.

Luis Mark Hogan, 26, pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder while committing a felony for killing Staff Sgt. Adam Sheda, 26, of Cloquet, who had just returned home from a tour of duty with the Army National Guard in Iraq.

Hogan said Sheda showed up uninvited to a party in his backyard last June. Police said they believe the actions of both men were fueled by alcohol. Hogan admitted that he was drunk and that he was in control of the fight when he shot Sheda with Sheda’s own gun.

Sheda’s family challenged Hogan in court Monday to honor the man he killed by doing something positive with his life after he is released from prison.

Hogan apologized to the Sheda family before being sentenced.


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