HAMILTON, Ohio — Anthony Brown, the man charged in the 2022 fatal double shooting at the Fairfield Township Walmart , pleaded guilty to murder today.

Earlier this month, Butler County Common Pleas Judge Dan Haughey granted the 35-year-old Hamilton man a pro se motion to represent himself at trial. After several urgings by the judge to reconsider his motion, Haughey granted the motion.

Brown wanted to fire his public defender, his fifth in three years, calling Kirk McVay “ineffective.”

Two weeks after being permitted to represent himself, Brown decided to plead guilty to murder with a gun specification, which adds three years to a 15-year-to-life sentence. He also pleaded guilty to felonious assault, which carries a sentence range of two to eight years.

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