IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO. GABRIEL AARON PERKINS, 20, pleaded guilty today to Voluntary Manslaughter in the death of Alex Barber and Aggravated Battery in the shooting of an Idaho Falls man at the Compass Academy in Idaho Falls, in February, 2024.

Under a plea agreement, the parties will recommend that Perkins face up to 40 years in prison. The agreement was reached through mediation which involved the surviving victim and the victims’ families.

Perkins was indicted by a Bonneville County Grand Jury in March of 2024.

Charges are still pending against two other defendants for the events which occurred during the confrontation between over 10 individuals in a parking lot behind the school.

Perkins is scheduled to be sentenced before Judge Dane H. Watkins, Jr., on June 17, 2025.

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