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CLEVELAND (WJW) — A teenager pled guilty Monday to shooting a Cleveland police detective last year, according to Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas documents.
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Jayrion Church , now 18, had previously pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the March 2023 shooting of detective Mark Bahrijczuk .
Church reversed his plea to the following charges, according to documents:
- Attempted aggravated murder
- Failure to comply with the order/signal of a police officer
- Improperly handling of firearms in a motor vehicle
- Receiving stolen property
- Having weapons under disability.
The shooting, which took place on the city’s east side while police were carrying out a stolen vehicle operation, happened after officers spotted a vehicle without license plates. Four people reportedly got out of the car and began to run. The detective was then shot getting out of his vehicle.