Trumbull Co. judge reduces bond for man charged with killing his friend

WARREN — A judge has reduced the bond for Ryan Wrightsman from $1 million to $250,000 in the shooting death of his friend.

Wrightsman, 21, of Farmdale, entered an innocent plea today in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to involuntary manslaughter, felonious assault, using weapons while intoxicated and reckless homicide.

Police say Wrightsman and Joshua Soles, 20, were inside Soles’ house on state Route 7 in Vernon Township on Nov. 1 when Soles held a shotgun to his own head and told Wrightsman to pull the trigger.

Wrightsman, who along with Soles had been drinking throughout the day, pulled the trigger, and Soles died at the scene, police said.