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The man who shot and killed a 16-year-old Rapid City girl was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison with 10 suspended for first-degree manslaughter.

A Rapid City man convicted of aggravated assault was given the maximum sentence Tuesday at the Pennington County Courthouse.

James Jumping Eagle continues to represent himself in murder case.

One young Rapid City man planned an armed robbery and provided the handgun while the other pulled the trigger, but both are equally responsible for killing a Box Elder teenager, a judge said Wednesday. Andre Martinez and Cole Waters were both sentenced to 75 years in prison with 10 years suspended for killing 17-year-old Emmanuel Hinton last year. "One set up the deal and brought the gun and the other one wielded it," said Mark Vargo, Pennington County state’s attorney. However they "acted in concert and are very much joined and similarly involved in the crime." Martinez and Waters, w...

KNBN NewsCenter1 December 16, 2020 RAPID CITY, S.D. —  The two men behind the accidental shooting of a Box Elder teen were sentenced to 75 years in the state penitentiary Wednesday afternoon in Pennington County court. Andre Martinez and Cole Waters, both now 20 years old, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter earlier this year for the drug deal that led to the death of Emmanuel Hinton. According to court testimony, in February 2019, Martinez recruited Waters to conduct a drug deal on Rapid City’s north side, but agreed to steal the drugs. Waters brought a gun and during the meet u...