Tribe member guilty of manslaughter
A federal jury in Spokane convicted a 22-year-old Colville tribal member of involuntary manslaughter Friday.
Rudy M. Garcia was acquitted of first-degree murder and other lesser included offenses following a two-week trial in U.S. District Court, said Tom Rice, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Garcia faces a maximum of eight years in prison. His sentencing is set for Oct. 27.
Garcia turned himself into tribal police in December 2010, about a month after tribal member David E. McCraigie, 22, was shot to death at 810 Sixth St. in Omak.
The men argued at a party before Garcia retrieved the rifle from his Jeep about 2 a.m. Nov. 5, 2009, according to court documents. Garcia claimed self defense.