MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally shooting a man after a 2015 New Year’s Eve party has been sentenced to over 18 years in prison.
The Skagit Valley Herald reports 33-year-old Jason Becktel was sentenced this week in the death of 47-year-old Allen Kesterson.
Becktel was convicted of second-degree murder after a trial in March.
Becktel turned himself in about six hours after police found Kesterson dead outside a home west of Concrete.
Witnesses said at trial that the two men were arguing loudly before the shooting.
Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.