GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The 25-year-old Green Bay man convicted of 2nd-degree reckless homicide stemming from the 2023 Cass Street shooting was in court for sentencing on Wednesday afternoon.
Court records show that Michael Putala was in court while in custody, along with his attorney, as he was sentenced to five years in prison and seven years of extended supervision.
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Putala previously pleaded guilty in a deal that dismissed two charges of 1st-degree reckless endangering safety via a dangerous weapon. The deal convicted him of 2nd-degree reckless homicide for the shooting on July 14, 2023.
Putala turned himself in to the police voluntarily a day later to discuss the shooting in the 1100 block of Cass Street.
