A teen gunman who opened fire at Wilmer-Hutchins High School last year was sentenced to five years in prison for injuring another student as part of a plea deal Tuesday.
The shooter, identified as Ja’Kerian Rhodes-Ewing, 18, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawfully carrying a firearm in connection with the 2024 shooting. That charge could have resulted in up to 20 years in prison had it gone to trial.
Kobby Warren, Rhodes-Ewing’s attorney, told KERA News he had his hearing in court Tuesday, where he accepted the plea deal. Warren declined to further comment on the case…