Before the second day of his murder trial was set to begin, a Bluffton man entered guilty pleas for the execution-style killing of his ex-girlfriend in March 2023, saying the shooting was prompted by a “psychotic break” as he apologized to the victim’s family Wednesday morning in an emotionally charged courtroom.
John Patrick Shea, 29, pleaded guilty to all four felonies related to the shooting, including the murder of 25-year-old Jillian Angner and the attempted murder of her 6-year-old son, who was in the backseat of his mother’s red Jeep when he targeted the car with gunfire the morning of March 2, 2023.
His pleas came “without recommendation or negotiation from the state,” Circuit Court Judge S. Bryan Doby said…