{Lexington, Kentucky}...Verdis Kyle Pennington III, 20, of Lexington, pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge of second-degree manslaughter in the 2010 shooting death of his father, 50 year old Verdis Kyle Pennington Jr. a former Mr. Kentucky Power Lifter and successful bodybuilder in the 1980s and early 1990s. Police say Pennington shot his father in the head with a .357-caliber handgun at their home on Nakomi Drive during a domestic dispute November 30, 2010. Pennington III was initially charged with murder by police, but a grand jury reduced the charge to first-degree manslaughter in a 2011 indictment. As part of a plea deal, Pennington would serve a 10-year prison sentence.
