OCONTO, WI- A 30-year-old Oconto County man will be sentenced in November after entering a no-contest plea Tuesday to a county of homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon. Christopher Halase was reportedly cleaning his gun last August when it discharged, hitting his sister in the neck and killing her. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped charges of second-degree reckless homicide and operating a firearm while under the influence of a controlled substance. Witnesses told investigators Halase had returned to the home in the town of Doty after shooting his guns. That’s when the accident happened.
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