Prosecutors allege that prior to the shooting, William Innes sent a message to a group chat that read, 'I'm going hobo hunting with a pellet gun'
Prosecutors allege that prior to the shooting, William Innes sent a message to a group chat that read,"I'm going hobo hunting with a pellet gun"A 19-year-old man who fatally shot a 68-year-old homeless woman in Serra Mesa last year with a pellet gun pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter.
NBC 7's Dave Summers found out how investigators were led to the victim after she was shot by a pellet gun. Pershal died in a hospital three days after the shooting. She was shot in the head, leg and torso, with one pellet rupturing her aorta, according to Deputy District Attorney Roza Egiazarian. Hopkins pleaded guilty last year to assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to one year in county jail, plus probation. Hopkins' sentence includes a suspended three-year prison term, which could be imposed if he violates his terms of probation.Pershal, affectionately referred to as Granny Annie or the Queen of Serra Mesa by friends and family, grew up in the community where she was killed, according to her daughter, Brandy Nazworth.
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