GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A 19-year-old Bryant Ellis of Green Bay pleaded not guilty Monday in connection with the accidental shooting death of his friend.
No trial date as been set.
Ellis returns to court June 26.
According to the criminal complaint, Ellis told an officer that he didn’t know the gun was loaded; he was just joking around and he couldn’t believe he shot his friend, Andrew Tohulka.
Ellis admitted to investigators that he and Tohulka were drinking and smoking marijuana before the incident.
The incident happened Feb. 20 at an east-side home.
