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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA Terre Haute man has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in the shooting death of a high school student during a party.
Nathan Derickson, who was 19 at the time of the shooting of 17-year-old William Garett Sands last March 28, agreed to a plea deal Tuesday that caps his sentence at 10 years. Derickson is due to be sentenced April 26.
Derickson also admitted to using a firearm in the commission of a felony that resulted in death.
An autopsy showed Sands died from a shot to the head. Officers found the Terre Haute South Vigo High School student dead at a Terre Haute home where minors were drinking alcohol during a party.
Police said Derickson was playing with a gun when it discharged.
Derickson remains on home detention.
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