GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A suspect has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of a teenage girl in downtown Grand Rapids last year, according to the Kent County Prosecutor.
Josiah Pittman entered the guilty plea Tuesday in connection with the May 2024 shooting death of 15-year-old Lakyijah Williams.
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Pittman was accused of firing a gun, intending to hit someone else, but instead struck Williams as she was passing by on a scooter.
Pittman also pleaded guilty to a weapons charge.
Sentencing is set for next month.
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