Downtown St. Cloud Shooter Pleads Guilty

ST. CLOUD -- A St. Cloud man has pleaded guilty to a downtown St. Cloud shooting last June that injured a teenager.

Twenty-one-year-old Kevon Washington pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree assault with a dangerous weapon - causing substantial bodily harm. A mental competency evaluation determined he was competent to face the charges and changed his plea to guilty on May 11th.

A St. Cloud police officer was patrolling the downtown area just before 1:00 a.m. on June 20th when the officer saw multiple fights in the H-Lot parking lot. That's when the officer saw a man raise his arm and fire gunshots toward the Centre Square Parking Ramp.

Court records show police investigators used video surveillance in the area to determine Washington was the shooter.

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The 17-year-old victim was hit in the elbow and in the foot. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.

A handful of other people are charged with rioting for the fight that broke out prior to the shooting.

Washington will be sentenced on July 22nd.

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