
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A 19-year-old Fremont man is scheduled to be sentenced in July for the shooting death of his best friend.
Andrew Marty pleaded no contest and was convicted of felony manslaughter and misdemeanor assault on Wednesday in Dodge County District Court. Prosecutors dismissed a weapons charge and a threats charge in exchange for Marty’s pleas. His sentencing is set for July 13.
Fremont officers responded to an apartment on Jan. 25 and found 19-year-old Kevin Kennebeck had been mortally wounded. An arrest warrant affidavit says Marty reported that he was cleaning his .223-caliber rifle and had pointed it at Kennebeck when it went off.
Marty’s attorney, Leo Eskey, says Marty is “totally destroyed by this. This was his best friend.”