South Carolina Formerly Lawful Gun Owner Gets a Year for Accidentally Killing His Friend

Local news reports A South Carolina man now knows he will spend a year in prison for accidentally shooting his friend on Christmas Day of 2011.  According to the Island Packet, 33 year old Andrew Bogart pleaded guilty last month to involuntary manslaughter.  Sheriff's deputies say Bogart loaded his pistol on Christmas day of 2011 and then began passing it around to his friends. But then the gun fired while Bogart was aiming it at 25 year old Adrian Hilliard. Hilliard was struck in the head and killed. Bogart ran away before deputies arrived to make the arrest.