LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A man has entered a plea agreement in a January shooting at a Sulligent apartment.

According to District Attorney Andy Hamlin, 19-year-old Marquese Donshae Gunter pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in connection with the January 23rd, shooting at Bogue Court.

Gunter has been sentenced to probation.

As part of the sentence, he will be supervised by the court and is required to complete anger-management treatment.

Gunter appeared Lamar County Circuit Court on Friday, December 5, and admitted he shot Travis Smith while the victim was seated on a couch, unarmed, and posing no threat to anyone in the residence.

His statement was consistent with the evidence.

Questions later arose regarding whether Mr. Gunter acted to protect his mother, but the DA’s offic

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