<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An Oklahoma man firing a gun he bought as a Christmas present has been charged with manslaughter in the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="_blank" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> after authorities say a stray bullet left his yard during target practice and fatally struck a neighbor who was sitting on a porch blocks away.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cody Wayne Adams, 33, was charged Friday in Stephens County with first-degree manslaughter. He was booked into jail and later released on a US$100,000 ($149,375) bond, court records show.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Stephens County deputies were called to a home north of Comanche on Christmas Day after Sandra Phelps was shot while sitting on the front porch of a home and holding a child, according to a sheriff's affidavit. Witnesses said Phelps said "ouch," and then collapsed.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-terror-attack-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-afp-commissioner-krissy-barrett-update-investigation/786a1481-b54f-43de-9220-701acf59acf8" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>CCTV of alleged Bondi gunmen in Philippines under AFP review</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigators determined Phelps suffered a gunshot wound, and she was pronounced dead about 20 minutes after deputies received the call about the shooting, the affidavit states.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities contacted Adams, who told deputies he had recently bought himself a .45-caliber handgun and had been shooting at a can in his yard, located about 800 metres from where Phelps was shot.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When deputies told Adams they suspected he shot Phelps, "Adams became visibly upset and began to cry," Stephens County Sheriff's Captain Timothy Vann wrote in the affidavit.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/oklahoma-man-charged-manslaughter-shooting-gun-woman-killed/f78c12bf-bbe4-48d3-9c98-b71b622adc7d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-us-knocked-out-big-facility-in-venezuela-claims/0569b1cf-5084-48b8-b5fd-de475eed59e4" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Trump claims US destroyed 'big facility' in Venezuela</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A telephone message left Monday with Adams' attorney, Carl Buckholts, was not immediately returned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Court records show Adams is scheduled to appear in court on February 25 and was ordered to have no contact with the victim's family.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Oklahoma law defines first-degree manslaughter as a homicide that occurs when perpetrated without a "design to effect death" while a person is engaged in the commission of a misdemeanor.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is punishable by up to life in prison. Charging documents allege Adams engaged in conduct with a firearm that demonstrated a "conscious disregard for the safety of others," a misdemeanor crime in Oklahoma.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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