ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A teenager has pleaded guilty to murder in Ramsey County District Court for killing a man who tried to stop him from assaulting his girlfriend.
Theotis Thomas pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Mark Franklin Jr. The 19-year-old defendant also pleaded guilty to making threats of violence toward a 17-year-old who witnessed the shooting.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports Franklin was trying protected his cousin when Thomas wrapped his hands around her neck last March at a Frogtown home. Thomas fired a gun into a bedroom wall. Franklin tried to wrestle the gun away from him. Thomas’ girlfriend also tried to intervene, but Thomas wound up shooting Franklin in the face.
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A plea deal calls for four additional criminal counts to be dropped when Thomas is sentenced in August.
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Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com
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