Man pleads guilty in connection to 2019 shooting at MacArthur Center

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A person has pleaded responsible to a number of expenses in connection to a 2019 capturing on the MacArthur Heart in downtown Norfolk.

Courtroom paperwork present that Molek Alcantara pleaded responsible on Thursday to malicious wounding, use of a firearm within the fee of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

He was sentenced to 10 years in jail however had 5 suspended. He’ll serve 5 years in jail adopted by 10 years of supervised probation.

The fees are in connection to a shooting that injured two people inside the MacArthur Center in October 2019. Police mentioned that each victims, a 56-year-old lady and a 23-year-old man, had non life-threatening wounds.

Days later, detectives arrested 23-year-old Molek Alcantara and charged him with two counts every of malicious wounding and utilizing a firearm within the fee of a felony, and one depend every of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and carrying a hid weapon.

22-year-old Daquan Reed was additionally charged with accent after the very fact.