Two former Milton High basketball players pleaded guilty in the 2021 shooting death of a Kennesaw State student during an alleged drug deal in Alpharetta.
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"Two former Milton High School basketball players pleaded guilty Thursday to reduced charges in the 2021 shooting death of a Kennesaw State college student in the parking lot of an Alpharetta apartment complex during an alleged drug exchange.
Cameron Walker and Jonathan Murray
were originally charged with murder in the fatal October 2021 shooting of Kennesaw State student Connor Mediate, but after months of delays, the men pleaded guilty to a handful of lesser violent offenses, including voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to Channel 2 Action News."
'That leaves the ball in your court. Pun intended. It’s up to you if you want your life to go in a different direction,' Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura L. Ingram told Murray and Walker, according to the news station."
Both players addressed the victim's family before sentencing. The family asked for the maximum sentence.
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"Two former Milton High School basketball stars reached a plea agreement in the death of an Alpharetta man.
In 2021, Alpharetta police said
Cameron Walker and Jonathan Murray shot and killed Connor Mediate, a Kennesaw State student, at his apartment complex. Police said Walker set up a meeting to buy marijuana from Mediate but planned to rob him and took Murray with him. Mediate was shot and killed.
Both defendants pleaded guilty Thursday morning prior to jury selection on the following charges: voluntary manslaughter, criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, aggravated assault with deadly weapon, criminal attempt to purchase marijuana and possession of a firearm."
"Judge offered both basketball players the chance to address the court. Both expressed remorse for what happened that day.
'I never intended on anyone’s life to be taken. If I could go back to that day and change anything that occurred, I really would,' Walker said."
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Walker received a total of 25 years to serve and 15 years probation. Murray received a total of 20 years to serve and 15 years probation.
Ingram granted both of them first offender status."
