TUCSON, AZ (AP) -
A Tucson man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a home invasion last year.
Pima County prosecutors say 26-year-old Ashton Walker admitted he was one of four masked men who stormed into an East 24th Street duplex looking for marijuana in August 2010.
Gunfire was exchanged between the masked men and one the victims.
Two of the victims were struck multiple times and survived. But one of the home invaders -- 20-year-old Michael White -- died from his injuries.
Walker and two other men each were charged with first-degree murder under the felony murder rule. That rule says a person can be charged with murder if someone dies during certain felonies.
The Arizona Daily Star says Walker is facing between seven and 21 years in prison when he's sentenced.
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