CANTON - A deer hunter pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminally negligent homicide for the fatal shooting last month of a hunting companion near the Canadian border.
Donald Prashaw, 55, of Norfolk was fatally wounded in the town of Brasher on Oct. 28 by a round fired by Eric Gibbs, 36, of South Colton, according to state police.
Gibbs was driving deer toward Prashaw at the time. Prashaw was pronounced dead at the scene.
In St. Lawrence County Court on Wednesday, Gibbs also pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree burglary from an April 27 incident in which he entered the camper trailer in Brasher of a former girlfriend.
Gibbs is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 7, facing concurrent sentences of 1 1/2 to 3 years in prison for criminally negligent homicide and three years in prison for attempted burglary.
Gibbs was driving deer toward Prashaw at the time. Prashaw was pronounced dead at the scene.
In St. Lawrence County Court on Wednesday, Gibbs also pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree burglary from an April 27 incident in which he entered the camper trailer in Brasher of a former girlfriend.
Gibbs is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 7, facing concurrent sentences of 1 1/2 to 3 years in prison for criminally negligent homicide and three years in prison for attempted burglary.
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