LEWISBURG, W.Va. — A West Virginia man has been convicted of volunteer manslaughter in the shooting of a man with a hunting bow.
WVVA-TV reports Greenbrier County jurors found 25-year-old Carl Wayne Rich of Charmco guilty Friday in the June 2018 death of 29-year-old Jeffery Booth.
Rich testified he threatened Booth with the bow but did not intentionally shoot him. Rich says Booth had startled him and the bow accidentally fired.
Rich initially was charged with first-degree murder.
According to a criminal complaint, Rich believed Booth had taken his cell phone. A witness testified at the trial that the phone was later found at the home of someone else.
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