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An 18-year-old in Kansas, Daniel Hawkinson, faces voluntary manslaughter after allegedly shooting and killing 19-year-old Joshua Soden during a heated confrontation on a road at dawn. The incident followed a chaotic underage party where scuffles broke out, and Hawkinson reportedly got into a fight. As both teens left separately in trucks, Soden pursued Hawkinson, believing he’d assaulted a female friend. When their vehicles stopped side-by-side, Soden got out — and Hawkinson allegedly fired, killing him. Hawkinson abandoned the gun and turned himself in. Soden died at the scene; the autopsy confirmed homicide. Investigators say the shooting occurred in the heat of passion. Hawkinson, already facing another aggravated battery charge, was arrested in March and released on bond, with a preliminary hearing coming up.

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