Extended-stay motel shooter given 30 years in state prison
Steven Justin Hedtrick testifies during his trial on charges of felony deliberate homicide in Flathead County District Court on Friday, Jan. 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Judge Amy Eddy sentenced convicted murderer Steven Justin Hedrick on Thursday to 30 years in the Montana State Prison for the 2023 slaying of Jeffery Brookshire in a Whitefish extended-stay motel.
Handing down the sentence in Flathead County District Court, Eddy also gave Hedrick, 34, credit for 437 days of time served and ordered him to pay restitution. A jury found Hedrick guilty of felony deliberate homicide Jan. 19 after deliberating for about six hours.
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