Man Faces 25-50 Years In Prison In U-M Medical Student's Death
ANN ARBO (WWJ/AP) - A 22-year-old man faces 25 to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for his involvement in the fatal shooting of a University of Michigan medical student.
The Ann Arbor News reports Shaquille Jones entered the plea Monday.
Jones stopped cooperating with prosecutors in September and had an earlier plea deal withdrawn that would have sent him to prison for at least 18 and-a-half years.
He'll be available to testify against 21-year-old Joei Jordan, whose trial begins next week. A third defendant, 22-year-old Dajeon Franklin, was convicted by a jury last year and is imprisoned for life without parole.
Sentencing for Jones is set for Jan. 21.
Paul DeWolf, 25, was attending Michigan medical school on an Air Force scholarship when he was shot during an armed robbery at the off-campus Phi Rho Sigma fraternity house where he lived.
In earlier testimony, Jones said the house was very dark when they entered early in the morning of July 24, 2013. and they didn't know DeWolf was home, until he asked, "Who's there?"
Jones said Franklin aimed a gun at DeWolf, who tried to grab the weapon. According to Jones, Franklin, in turn, tried to hit DeWolf with the gun. That's when, he said, the gun went off and DeWolf was shot in the neck.
A video game system was taken and later sold for $80.
DeWolf was found dead after her failed to arrive for a scheduled assignment at the Veteran's Affairs Hospital and a colleague was sent to check on him.
A Schoolcraft native and 2010 graduate of Grand Valley State University, DeWolf was set graduate from the medical school the following spring.
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