BILLINGS - A Shepherd woman admitted Wednesday to shooting a man to death.
Kennedy Rose Aigner, 23, appeared before Judge Jessica Fehr in Yellowstone County District Court and pleaded guilty to a charge of deliberate homicide for the Feb. 28, 2024 death of Quaid Fluckiger.
A plea agreement states prosecutors will recommend a prison term of 55 years at a sentencing hearing to be set at a later date. A second felony charge of tampering with evidence will be dismissed and prosecutors will also not seek a weapons enhancement as part of the agreement.
In court, Aigner admitted that she shot Fluckinger in the head with a .22-caliber pistol inside a residence on Chicago Road.
Aigner was arrested shortly after deputies responded to a report of an overdose and found the 24-year-old man at the residence and unresponsive. Deputies attempted to revive Fluckiger with CPR, Narcan, and other procedures but he was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Fluckiger's death was later determined to be the result of a gunshot wound to the head. Aigner allegedly admitted to shooting Fluckiger during an argument, and authorities said the firearm used in the shooting was hidden in a garage.
Aigner and Fluckiger lived at the Shepherd residence with their 4-year-old child.
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