A Deadly Game of Recklessness: The Sentence That Fails to Match the Crime Adam Steenbergen, 33, a Vancouver Island man, has been sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter using a firearm and two weapons charges related to the fatal shooting of his friend, Michael Leier.
The incident occurred on March 12, 2023. The case is disturbing, with two friends engaging in a reckless game of shooting each other while wearing bulletproof vests.
This "game" had been played before, but on this occasion, it ended in tragedy when Steenbergen shot his friend, who was not faking an injury as initially claimed.