LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 20-year-old Lincoln man has pleaded no contest for unintentionally shooting and killing his friend and roommate last year.
Zachariah Serna accepted the plea deal on a manslaughter charge Friday in the death of 20-year-old Gavin Hall on July 4, 2020.
Prosecutors said Serna told them he and Hall were struggling over the gun when it went off. But prosecutors said a blood spatter expert would testify at trial that Hall and Serna were at least 4 feet apart when the gun went fired.
Serna currently is out of jail on $50,000 bond and faces up to 20 years in prison at his sentencing in October.