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GRAND JUNCTION — A Minnesota hunter accused of fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy while hunting on western Colorado’s Grand Mesa has pleaded guilty to all charges.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports that 59-year-old Guy Pohto was handcuffed and remanded into custody of the Mesa County Jail after entering his plea on Wednesday.
He pleaded guilty to manslaughter as well as a misdemeanor count of hunting in a careless manner.
Pohto is charged in connection to the Sept. 13 death of Justin Burns of Palisade.
The boy died of a gunshot wound to his chest at the Big Creek Reservoir in the Uncompahgre National Forest while bow hunting with his father.
Sentencing has been scheduled for April 6.
