20-year-old Gaige Zook is asking a Wyoming Judge to dismiss his case after the fatal shooting of his friend, 19-year-old Maurizio Justiniano, during a duck hunt on January 20, 2024. If tried and convicted, the single count of involuntary manslaughter is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, a felony that would also remove Zook’s gun and voting rights. 

Zook, a University of Wyoming student from Pinedale with no criminal history states that the gun was fired accidentally and that he did not handle the firearm recklessly leading to his friend’s death, according to an October 16th filing by his attorney, Jason Tangeman.

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