Crime

Man Pleads Guilty In Fatal 2018 Shooting On Wake Forest Campus

by Associated Press

The Barn is an events facility on the Wake Forest University campus. Najee Ali Baker died after suffering a gunshot wound at a party held there. EDDIE GARCIA/WFDD

A North Carolina man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 shooting death of a college student.

The Winston-Salem Journal reports Jakier Austin entered the guilty plea Thursday morning in Forsyth County Superior Court.

Austin was initially charged with first-degree murder in the death of Najee Ali Baker, a Winston-Salem State University football player. Baker was shot after a party that was held in January 2018 at Wake Forest University.

Assistant District Attorney Belinda Foster said prosecutors were hampered in pursuing a first-degree murder conviction because none of the witnesses would cooperate. 

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