A Richmond man has pleaded guilty to aggravated malicious wounding and a gun charge in a shooting that injured a 2-year-old Henrico County boy last year.
Ara Donnell McLaughlin Jr., 20, entered his plea Thursday, and faces up to life in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced in March. A co-defendant, Randy Onan Vaughan Jr., has yet to be tried.
The shooting occurred around 6 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2019 in the 400 block of Winston Street. The victimâs grandmother lives there with her 13 children and five grandchildren, ages 2 to 8, according to Nael Abouzaki, a Henrico prosecutor who handled the case.
The matriarch was decorating the Christmas tree when she heard the gunshots and saw her grandson, standing near the open doorway, get shot in the head, Abouzaki said in a phone interview Monday.
Man convicted of shooting child at Henrico home
Man pleads guilty to shooting a child in Henrico County.
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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. One of two men charged in the 2019 shooting of two-year-old Lavier Robinson, pleaded guilty to two charges in Henrico Circuit Court on Thursday.
Lavier, his mother, and grandmother watched in court as Ara Donnell McLaughlin Jr. entered guilty pleas to aggravated malicious wounding and use of a firearm, as part of a plea agreement between the defense and Commonwealth.
Lavier was shot in the head in December 2019 while standing in the doorway of his Winston Street home.
Miracle baby on road to recovery one year after being shot in the head
One year after the then two-year-old Lavier Robinson was shot in the head while standing in the doorway of his Henrico home, his Grandmother said heâs made a miraculous recovery but still has a long way to go.
and last updated 2020-12-10 17:21:34-05
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. A toddler that spent Christmas in the hospital last year, is now being called a miracle baby.
One year after the then two-year-old Lavier Robinson was shot in the head while standing in the doorway of his Henrico home, his Grandmother said heâs made a miraculous recovery but still has a long way to go.