Jan. 17—A man pleaded guilty to shooting and killing a reported burglar at his family’s mobile phone store in Harrison Twp. two years ago.
Mahmoud Asad Abdellatif, 21, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Thursday.
Two counts each of murder and felonious assault and one count each of reckless homicide and discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises were dismissed, according to court records.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 8.
The charges stemmed from a shooting that killed 36-year-old Larry Swain Jr., of Troy, on Jan. 10, 2023.
Abdellatif told Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office investigators that he lived upstairs over his family’s Boost Mobile Store at 3801 N. Dixie Drive and heard noises coming from the store.
While armed with a handgun, he went down the exterior stairs to the front of the business and saw a burglar inside the store. He reportedly fired multiple shots through the window, hitting the burglar.
The burglar then ran from the business, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.
Shortly after, Dayton police were called to a house on North Horton Street for a person who had been shot. The prosecutor’s office said the person was identified as the burglar.