ABITA SPRINGS, La. ( WGNO ) — An Abita Springs man was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Monday, July 1, after pleading guilty to charges of manslaughter and obstruction of justice in a 2022 case surrounding the death of 30-year-old John McIntyre.
According to District Attorney Collin Sims, deputies with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office were sent to a home in Abita Springs regarding a shooting that occurred around 12 a.m. on Aug. 30, 2022.
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At the scene, deputies found McIntyre with multiple bullet wounds on his upper chest, abdomen and right arm. McIntyre was reportedly still awake when the deputies first arrived and was able to communicate that “Dain McCann” shot him. McIntyre lost consciousness and later died due to his injuries.
Court documents state one of McIntyre’s family members approached deputies around two hours later and told them that she believed she saw McCann on the porch of a nearby home. When deputies arrived at the home, they found a man on the porch who initially identified himself as “Devin,” but was later revealed to be McCann…