Man pleads guilty to East Side break in, shooting

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

A Lansdowne Boulevard man entered guilty pleas Friday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court in a burglary and shooting in July 2013.

Donell Liggins, 24, pleaded guilty before Judge Lou D’Apolito to charges of felonious assault, aggravated burglary, improper discharge of a firearm into a habitation and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Court records did not list a sentencing date.

Liggins entered the pleas, which headed off a trial that was scheduled for Monday.

He was accused of breaking into a Fairfax Avenue home and wounding 32-year-old Kevin Rogers during a home invasion about 11:50 p.m. July 27, 2013.

Police said Rogers knows Liggins, and when Liggins knocked on his door and Rogers opened it, Liggins pointed a gun at him.

Rogers grabbed the gun, and the two struggled and it went off, hitting Rogers. Liggins ran away without being able to steal anything, police said.