SALT LAKE CITY — A West Jordan man received a reduced sentence for a manslaughter conviction after admitting to shooting and killing his friend in March 2024.
Anthony Sanchez, 30, was given a prison term of zero to five years in the Utah State Prison after the severity of his conviction for manslaughter was reduced from a second-degree felony to a third-degree felony as a result of a plea deal.
Charging documents say Anthony Sanchez was watching TV with Dylan Douglas Miller-Mettome in March 2024 when Sanchez did something funny, and Miller-Mettome took out his phone. Sanchez said he pulled out a gun to be funny, not knowing it was loaded, pointed it at his friend and fired…