Man Pleads Guilty in 2021 Minnesota Graduation Party Shooting That Killed 14-Year-Old

The Associated Press
By The Associated Press
February 23, 2024US News
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Man Pleads Guilty in 2021 Minnesota Graduation Party Shooting That Killed 14-Year-Old
A Minneapolis Police officer rolls up caution tape at a crime scene in Minneapolis on June 16, 2020. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

STILLWATER, Minn.—A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a shooting at a 2021 graduation party that killed a 14-year-old boy.

Enrique Lucio Davila, 26, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty Friday to aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder without intent and second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. Under a plea agreement, Davila will get 20 years in prison when he’s sentenced May 3, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.

Demaris Hobbs-Ekdahl was in the backseat of a car on June 5, 2021, when he was killed during a gun battle that involved his stepfather. The stepfather and another man are serving prison sentences for their roles in the shootout.

Police said more than 40 bullets sprayed the area of the graduation party, hitting houses and cars, and terrifying the roughly three dozen partygoers.

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