A man who fatally shot another man in City Heights, and was then arrested nearly two months later in South Dakota, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in state prison.
Bryan Parker, 43, pleaded guilty in San Diego Superior Court to voluntary manslaughter and an allegation that he used a gun in the slaying of 52-year-old Wendell Eddington.
Police responded around 4:15 a.m. May 16, 2022, and found the victim in an alley near the intersection of 35th Street and Orange Avenue.
Eddington died at the scene.
Deputy District Attorney Michael Reilly said a “dispute” between Parker and Eddington at an illegal gambling den located at a nearby home prompted the shooting.
Parker, who had lived in San Diego at the time, was identified by police as the suspect and a warrant was obtained for his arrest. He was taken into custody on July 5, 2022, in Pierre, S.D.
