5-year prison sentence for man in 2024 deadly shooting at Ginnie Springs; brother faces second degree murder

GILCHRIST COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) - One of the two brothers facing charges for one of two shooting deaths at Ginnie Springs during Memorial Day weekend in 2024 is going to prison.

22-year-old Dallas Watts changed his plea to “no contest” as the accomplice in the shooting death of Koty Stewart.

Watts was sentenced to five years in prison.

Watts’ brother, Fisher Watts, is charged with second degree murder in Stewart’s death.

Dallas Watts plead guilty for for resisting an officer and carrying a weapon as a delinquent. He received a year and a half credit for time already served.

Two separate deadly shootings happened during Memorial Day weekend at Ginnie Springs in 2024.

Marco Mandujano was also shot and killed. No arrests have been made in his death.

Fisher Watts has a court hearing scheduled for January 4, 2026.

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