Prison in future for Thanksgiving weekend shooter

Posted: 12.04.2012 at 3:17 PM

Tyler Treece, 19, of Glenwood, Mo.

KIRKSVILLE, MO. -- A northeast Missouri teen who pleaded guilty to shooting another teen has learned his fate.

Tyler Treece, 19, of Glenwood, Mo., entered the guilty plea in October to charges of first degree assault and shooting into a motor vehicle.

Treece, who could have received up to life in prison, was sentenced to ten years by Circuit Judge Russell Steele on Tuesday.

Adair County Prosecutor Matt Wilson had asked for 15 years, while the defense had requested probation.

Treece was involved in the shooting over Thanksgiving weekend of last year. The victim, who was fourteen at the time of the incident, survived the shooting. Treece had claimed that he thought the gun was not loaded at the time.

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