GUILTY WA - Michael Carrigan, 52, shot to death, Okanogan County, 2 Sept 2013

The first day of testimony in the John and Adam Jennings murder trial saw several law enforcement officers testify about getting called more than two years ago for the fatal shooting of a hunter.

John Wayne Jennings, 59, and Adam Shaun Jennings, 29, are accused of first-degree murder in the Sept. 2, 2013, death of grouse hunter Michael Ray Carrigan, 52, Humptulips, on Cow Camp Road near the Jennings home...

Shortly after Carrigan shot twice at a grouse, Stover heard another gunshot and saw Carrigan fall, Sloan said. Carrigan got up and was heading back to the truck when another shot rang out from a cabin across the road and Carrigan fell onto his back, Sloan alleged.

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On Nov. 23, 2015 a jury in Okanogan County Superior Court found John Wayne Jennings, 59, Chesaw, guilty of first-degree murder and delivery of a firearm to an ineligible person. His son Adam Shaun Jennings, 29, Chesaw, was also found guilty of first-degree murder, as well as unlawful possession of a firearm.

Each was sentenced Nov. 24, 2015 to 393 months (32.75 years) in prison and fined $7,299.50 for the Sept. 3, 2013 crimes.

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