Gunman claiming self-defense pleads guilty in triple killing

SALT LAKE CITY — A gunman who believed he was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed three young men during a botched drug deal has pleaded guilty to reduced charges of manslaughter.
Gerald Radckiff Grant, 21, pleaded guilty to three counts of manslaughter, a second-degree felony.
He had originally faced three counts of aggravated murder, a first-degree felony and possible capital offense, in the shooting deaths of brothers Angel Lopez-Salinas, 20, and Lauro "Raul" Lopez-Salinas, 1