St. Louis police officer sentenced to 7 years in prison for accidentally killing a female colleague

A St. Louis police officer accused of accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison.

Nathaniel Hendren, 30, had been scheduled to go to trial March 23 on charges of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action.

The seven-year sentence was the maximum for involuntary manslaughter.

He was accused of fatally shooting 24-year-old Katlyn Alix, also a St. Louis police officer, at his home in January 2019 while he was supposed to be on duty elsewhere.

Hendren's male partner, also on duty, was at the home, too.

Alix, a married military veteran, was off-duty at the time.

[Source:CBSNews]