TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A Terre Haute man who pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in the death of a high school student during a party has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Nathan Derickson was sentenced in Vigo Superior Court Friday.

Derickson was 19 at the time of the shooting of 17-year-old William Garett Sands in March 2018.

Police said Derickson was playing with a gun when it discharged.

Officers found the Terre Haute South Vigo High School student dead at a Terre Haute home where minors were drinking alcohol.

An additional six years will be served on probation after his prison term.

In court Derickson read a statement and apologized to Sands’ family.

Derickson says he’s sworn off alcohol and drugs and added, “I miss Garrett every day.”