According to prosecutors, Coleman shot Jackson three times in the back of the head. He was originally charged with murder and having weapons under disability.
Butler County Common Pleas Judge Charles Pater immediately sentenced Coleman to the maximum of 11 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and an additional three years for the gun specification.
Coleman was picked up on March 27 by the Lexington Police Department, six days after Hamilton officers issued warrants and determined he left Ohio by Greyhound bus in an attempt to avoid arrest.
Coleman was convicted in 2006 of aggravated robbery in Franklin County, Ohio, and served a four-year prison sentence.
The shooting sparked retaliation violence and several shots fired incidents in Hamilton during the days and weeks that followed.
Coleman made no statement during the court hearing. His attorney, Joseph Spring, said Coleman had obtained his GED while in jail awaiting trial and wants to go on to college.
“A lot of bullets have been flying. It is our hope the plea today will put an end to the violence and blood shed,” Spring said.
Tina Davis, Jackson’s mother, said she does not know the motive behind her son’s “execution,” but that does not matter because nothing can bring him back.
“I feel like justice had been served somewhat,” Davis said. “He knows he is not the only one involved in my son’s murder.”
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