SPOKANE, Wash. — A Spokane man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting and killing another man in February of last year.
33-year-old Gunnar M. Doughty was found guilty of 2nd degree murder earlier this year. Before the trial, he had also pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm related to the gun used in the shooting.
According to the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office, the victim, Dylan McCorkle went to a home on North Hamilton Street on Feb. 2, 2024.
Doughty was in the home with several other people when McCorkle began yelling for Doughty to come out of the house.
Court documents say McCorkle confronted Doughty because he had disrespected the victim’s girlfriend.
Doughty then left the house and showed off a gun in his waistband. The Prosecutor’s Office says McCorkle said something along the lines of “what are you going to do, shoot me?”
Doughty then shot McCorkle in the head point-blank.
During the time of the shooting, Doughty was out on bond pending an unlawful possession of a firearm charge.
Doughty was sentenced to 305 months in prison, followed by 36 months of community custody. Doughty was also ordered to have no contact with McCorkle’s family.
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