by:Jared Weaver

Posted:May 12, 2023 / 05:17 PM EDT

Updated:May 13, 2023 / 09:50 AM EDT

https://www.wtaj.com/news/local-news/centre-county-deer-hunter-sentenced-for-shooting-neighbor/

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ)– A hunter who shot his neighbor in the head after mistaking him for for a deer in Centre County was sentenced, the District Attorney’s Office confirmed.

Michael Lloyd, 41, of Boalsburg, was sentenced by President Judge, Jonathan Grine to spend a minimum of three months, but up to 23 1/2 months at the Centre County Correctional Facility. Lloyd’s sentence will start on June 12, according to First Assistant District Attorney Sean McGraw.

Llyod was originally charged with two misdemeanor counts and five summary counts by State College police, but most of them were dropped after he pleaded guilty in February to recklessly endangering another person and unlawfully taking big game, McGraw wrote.

The shooting was called a “unique situation” by investigators. Llyod was driving up his driveway in…