Man Pleads Guilty In Accidental Shooting
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) - A Ft. Lauderdale man charged in the death of a friend in Pompano Beach last year has changed his plea.
On Thursday, 27-year old Carlos Martin entered a plea of guilty to the charge of manslaughter.
Last February, Martin was in a car with 21-year old Tiffany Littlepage and her boyfriend when a gun he was reportedly playing with went off. The round struck Littlepage in the back. She managed to safely pull into the nearest parking, which just happened to be at Pompano Beach's City Hall. Another driver seeing something that didn't look right called 911 to report it.
When Broward Sheriff's deputies arrived Littlepage, who was lying on the ground near the car bleeding to death, told them she had been shot. Littlepage was rushed to North Broward Medical Center where she died.
Investigators say Littlepage's boyfriend, who was unaware that Martin had fired the deadly shot, told them he thought she was the victim of a drive-by shooting. Martin reportedly first tried to hide his involvement in the shooting by telling deputies that Littlepage had been drunk. But after deputies patted him down and found bullets in his pocket he reportedly confessed.
Investigators found the weapon used to kill Littlepage on the ground at a bus stop near City Hall. Martin was charged with manslaughter, tampering with evidence and use of a weapon during a second degree felony.
