#BREAKING: Brian Cooks pleads no contest to manslaughter in the death of 9-year-old Janessa Ramirez. He’ll get 21 years in prison at sentencing.#JusticeForJanessa@ABC30 pic.twitter.com/C3g4ylrAAf
— Corin Hoggard (@corinhoggard) February 1, 2018
Brian Cooks admitted to police he fired the bullet that hit Janessa Ramirez as she stood in front of a West Central Fresno laundromat with her mother and some friends.
Cooks has also pleaded no contest to one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.
Cooks is expected to receive 21 years in prison when he is sentenced.
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