NEW : ` The next month , the Ventura County District Attorney 's Office announced that McInerney would be retried on first-degree murder charges as an adult . ` I understand why '' the plea deal was reached , the victim 's father says . Scott Wippert , now 11 years , agrees to plead guilty for killing a junior high classmate . The sentence includes 17 for manslaughter , two dozen for using firearm . The jury could n't decide 17 whether to convict him of murder or manslaughter .
NEW : `` I understand why '' the plea deal was reached , the victim 's father says . Scott Wippert , now 11 years , agrees to plead guilty for killing a junior high classmate . The sentence includes 17 for manslaughter , two dozen for using firearm . The jury could n't decide 17 whether to convict him of murder or manslaughter .