BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A jury on Thursday found a man guilty of manslaughter with a firearm in a deadly 2021 shooting over spilled beer.
Gregory Barr II was arrested after the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Andre Hutchinas, a football player and recent Melbourne High School graduate. He initially was charged with second-degree murder, but the jury found him guilty on a lesser charge of manslaughter with a firearm. He was also found guilty of aggravated assault with a knife.
According to West Melbourne police, Barr was in an argument with someone else about beer being spilled on him. Barr then put a knife to the person’s throat, and Hutchinas tried to intervene, police said.
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Barr attempted to stab or slash Hutchinas with the knife, but he was able to avoid the strike and punched Barr in self-defense, according to a police report.
Barr then pulled out a gun and shot Hutchinas in the neck, police said. Hutchinas was taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to investigators.
Sentencing is set for Nov. 30.
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