TOLEDO, Ohio — UPDATE: Brandon McFarland took an Alford plea in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas Monday and pleaded guilty to one count of felonious assault.
He will be sentenced on Oct. 19.
An Alford plea is not an admission of guilt. A defendant entering an Alford plea agrees to be found guilty without admitting they committed the crime.
The original story is below:
Police arrested a 19-year-old accused of shooting a woman in south Toledo Sunday.
According to a Toledo police report, crews responded to a call regarding a person shot in the 1700 block of Finch Street at approximately 6:43 p.m. Authorities located a 39-year-old woman who had sustained a gunshot wound to the leg. Lucas County EMS transported the victim to the hospital for what police described as non-life threatening injuries.
Police located evidence of a shooting at the intersection of Emery Street and Finch Street, where they also took 19-year-old Brandon McFarland Jr. into custody as a suspect.
According to court documents, McFarland claimed he and the victim had a verbal altercation during which she allegedly continued to follow him down the street after he told her to "stay away." McFarland then allegedly shot the victim.
McFarland is charged with second degree felonious assault.
The suspect is also facing felony charges for an incident on May 10, when he allegedly shot at his father's vehicle while he and two others were inside it.
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