Tuba City man sentenced to 21 years in prison for 2nd-degree murder

Kristopher Lionel Goldtooth, 38, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for shooting a man in the face.

According to a statement Wednesday from the United States Attorney's Office, District of Arizona, Goldtooth's 262-month sentence will be followed by five years of supervised release.

Senior U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell sentenced Goldtooth, a Tuba City, Arizona, resident, in connection with an April 24, 2019, incident, where Goldtooth shot another man in the face with a shotgun, according to the release.

Goldtooth is a member of the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation, where the incident took place. He had pled guilty to one count of second-degree murder.

The FBI and Navajo Nation Department of Criminal Investigation worked together on the case.

Reach breaking news reporter Adam Terro at adam.terro@arizonarepublic.com.

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