A man who stashed a handgun in a gopher hole, after fatally shooting his friend during a “friendly scuffle,” was convicted Friday of tampering with evidence.

Jeremiah Charles Hooker, 24, was convicted in Adams County District Court of one count of tampering with physical evidence, a felony, according to the Adams County District Attorney’s Office.

Armando Camarena, 21, died of a single gunshot wound on April 30, 2016, in the 9400 block of Lilly Court, Thornton.

“Camarena was shot when he and Hooker were involved in a mock tussle over the gun,” the district attorney’s office said in a media release.

Hooker and another man took Camarena to the North Suburban Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Hooker stashed the gun and a magazine in gopher holes in a field near Pearl Street and Russell Boulevard, the DA’s office said.

Sentencing is scheduled April 10 in Adams County District Court.