BURKE COUNTY, NC — On Wednesday, 19-year-old Caleb Van Arsdale pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter after fatally shooting Jacob Lucas, 20, back in September.
According to reports, Van Arsdale fatally shot Lucas with a shotgun after returning home early from work on September 14th and finding Lucas inside with his girlfriend. Officials say Van Arsdale then used Lucas’s vehicle to take his girlfriend to a family member’s home, and then turned himself in to Hickory Police.
Van Arsdale was sentenced to five to seven years in prison as a result of the plea.
