PITTSBURGH
A former Duquesne University student pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that she helped her armed friends get into a school dance the night five basketball players were shot and wounded.
Brittany Jones, 20, was sentenced Tuesday to two years of probation. A judge also ordered Jones to stay off the university’s campus and away from anyone with a gun.
Jones’ attorney, James Ecker, said his client could have been sentenced to years in prison if she had not reached a plea agreement.
“She’s very happy, she’s continuing going to church and she has a job,” Ecker told The Associated Press. “She’s very happy and her family’s very happy.”
Jones was the last of four defendants to plead guilty in the September 2006 shooting in which basketball players Sam Ashaolu, Shawn James, Kojo Mensah, Aaron Jackson and Stuard Baldonado were injured.
The gunman, William B. Holmes III, 19, was sentenced Friday to up to 40 years in prison. Another shooter, Derek Lee, 19, was sentenced Oct. 23 to up to 14 years in prison. The two shots fired by Lee did not hit anyone, authorities said.
