Man Gets 15-30 Years For Deadly Shooting At Homewood Bar
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A man has pleaded guilty in a 2014 shooting that left four men injured and one dead.
Cornell Poindexter, 30, appeared in court Monday and pleaded guilty to one count of 3rd degree murder, four counts of aggravated assault and one count of person not to possess a firearm.
The charges stemmed from a shooting that occurred on Mar. 4, 2014 at the Rendezvous Phase III bar on Hamilton Avenue.
Vincent Holt Jr., 27, was was shot eight times and pronounced dead at the scene, while four other men were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening wounds.
According to our partners at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 23-year-old Corey Clark was originally accused of being the gunman, but those charges were dropped.
In exchange for his guilty plea, Poindexter was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison.
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