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Man sentenced on charges related to January murder in west Toledo

JuJuan Childress, 44, was charged with murder in the shooting of Martitus Holloway on Macomber St. He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced Tuesday.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: The above video originally aired July 2021.

Toledo police responded to a report of a man shot in the middle of the day Jan. 29 in west Toledo. The man later died and a suspect was arrested at the scene, charged with his murder.

Martitus Holloway, 42, was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries from at least one gunshot, according to Toledo fire personnel on the scene on the 1900 block of Macomber Street.

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Holloway died from his injuries, according to a press release from TPD.

44-year-old JuJuan Childress was arrested at the scene and charged with murder. 

Childress originally pleaded not guilty to murder. He changed his plea earlier this month to the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter.

Childress has been sentenced to 30 months in prison and will spend one to three years on probation.

Credit: WTOL 11
Toledo police on the scene of a shooting in the 1900 block of Macomber in west Toledo, where Martitus Holloway was fatally shot Friday afternoon.

Anyone with more information on the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 419-255-1111.

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