A Fort Hood soldier from upstate South Carolina will spend the next three and a half years of his life in a military prison.
The sentence comes after Spc. Patrick Myers admitted he accidentally shot his friend while trying to scare away his hiccups.
The shooting happened in September while the two were watching a football game.
Myers told police he only used the gun because he thought dummy rounds were inside.
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