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Drugs, alcohol and an argument over a failed attempt to steal gas on the Big Island Lake Cree Nation led to a man fatally shooting the man who offered to get him gas for his stolen truck.

Four people, including Jordan Sandfly and Anthony Mitsuing, were caught trying to steal gas from Sandfly’s sister’s vehicle last December, according to an agreed statement of facts filed in Meadow Lake provincial court last week.

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The facts state Mitsuing, now 33, and Sandfly, 28, started arguing after the truck ran out of gas. Mitsuing took a sawed-off .22 calibre rifle from the truck and shot Sandfly in the head. He then told a third man to burn the truck and throw away the gun.

Sandfly’s body was found on a road a short distance away from the stolen truck.

Mitsuing was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after disclosing to people — and online — that he accidentally shot someone.

Last week, he was sentenced to eight years in prison as part of a joint submission after the Crown agreed to a plea deal for manslaughter, according to defence lawyer Brian Pfefferle.