WILLOUGHBY, Ohio — Shamar Steele, one of the five people arrested for the fatal shooting of Damonte Perry near The Hamlets apartment complex in Willoughby in September, pleaded guilty during a hearing Monday in Lake County Common Pleas Court.

Steele, 20, pleaded guilty to charges of receiving stolen property and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle. Two other charges of receiving stolen property and improperly furnishing a firearm to a minor were dropped.

According to court records, Steele will be sentenced by Lake County Common Pleas Court Judge John O'Donnell on Jan. 9. He faces a maximum prison sentence of 36 months and a possible $10,000 fine.

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The incident began on Sept. 15, when Willoughby police received reports of gunfire near Fox Run Drive just befo

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