A 20-year-old man was, as expected, sentenced to nine months in jail earlier today, for fatally shooting a car prowler near Northgate late last year.

From the PI:

Filing a second-degree manslaughter charge in September, King County prosecutors alleged that Douglas Cameron Sheets acted with criminal negligence when he shot Jhovany Hernandez outside his Northgate home. According to court filings, police came to believe that Sheets shot Hernandez as the 21-year-old fled.

[P]rosecutors recommended just nine months, pointing to a mitigating factor listed in sentencing laws. That factor is invoked when the victim instigated the incident as Hernandez did during the car prowl.

Sheets is eligible to serve work release instead of jail time, Prosecutor's Office spokesman Dan Donohoe said.