Man pleads guilty in death of boy

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) -- A man who told police he fatally shot a 13-year-old boy after mistaking the teen for a groundhog pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
Herbert Knepp, 55, of Butler, also pleaded no contest to a charge of aggravated assault for shooting Michael Buzard in July. He entered the pleas Wednesday in Butler County Court and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in jail. In exchange for the pleas, other charges were to be dropped.
Knepp told police he believed the boy -- whom authorities say was wearing camouflage and lying flat on the ground while hunting alone in the evening -- was a groundhog when he fired a shot.