Wrightsman ruled sane in friend’s shooting death


April 2, 2012 at 5:27p.m.

Wrightsman ruled sane in friend’s shooting death

WARREN

Ryan C. Wrightsman, 21, of Farmdale has been ruled sane and competent to stand trial in the Nov. 1 shooting death of Joshua Soles, 20. Soles held a shotgun to his own head and asked Wrightsman to pull the trigger, police said.

Judge Peter Kontos ruled on Wrightsman’s competency and sanity Monday during a hearing in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. Wrightsman is charged with involuntary manslaughter, felonious assault, using weapons while intoxicated and reckless homicide.

Wrightsman and Soles had been drinking throughout the day at Soles’ house on state Route 7 in Vernon Township the day of Soles’ death, police say.