Plea to a reduced charge in fatal shooting

YOUNGSTOWN — The defendant in a fatal shooting last June has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge.

Damon Damous, 26, of West Marion Avenue, who was originally charged with the murder of Lawrence E. Anderson II, pleaded guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter with a firearm specification.

Damous entered his plea before Judge John M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, who will sentence him at 1:30 p.m. March 16.

Anderson, 22, of East Pasadena Avenue, was fatally shot on June 11, 2008, at a residence in the 200 block of Clarencedale Avenue, the prosecution said in a court filing. Anderson’s mother reported him missing the following day.

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