Man pleads guilty in shooting death of Monte Gakin

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – The man charged in the shooting death of Monte Gakin, 29, in the Oxford Apartments last August pleaded guilty in 7th Circuit Court Friday morning.

Kane Youngman, 31, was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter Friday.

Judge Jeffrey Connolly read the factual basis statement in court. Youngman admitted he was in the East Watertown Street apartment with other people, got into an argument with Gakin, and shot him multiple times with a handgun while Gakin sat on the couch…

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