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YOUNGSTOWN -- A Youngstown man charged with attempted murder in a December shootout in Austintown will spend about seven years in prison after a plea agreement was reached on Monday.
Mikklo Delgado, 24, avoided the trial scheduled for this week and instead pleaded guilty before Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Anthony D'Apolito to aggravated robbery with a firearm specification.
Delgado was arrested shortly after receiving treatment for a gunshot wound he sustained during the Dec. 3 shootout at Compass West Apartments that left a 16-year-old boy critically wounded.
D'Apolito sentenced Delgado to six to 7-½ years in prison.
A Mahoning County grand jury indicted him in January on charges of attempted murder, felonious assault, aggravated robbery and improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or school safety zone, all with firearm specifications, and tampering with evidence.
Delgado pleaded not guilty and remained jailed on $500,000 bond. If convicted, he faced more than 30 years in prison.
Prosecutors said the victim and his mother were informed about Monday's plea agreement, but did not attend the hearing. Mahoning County Assistant Prosecutor Katherine Jones told D'Apolito the boy was not cooperative during the case.
Austintown police responded to 1001 Compass West Drive about 3 p.m. Dec. 3 for reports of gunfire and found the16-year-old with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. Delgado also was shot and arrived at the hospital by car.
Police said Delgado and the teenager had been inside an apartment immediately before they exchanged gunfire in the hallway.
The apartment's resident, Aleyah Wilson, told police she had hosted a party but told the two to leave after learning they had guns in their bags. She said gunfire erupted moments after she closed her door.
But another person in the apartment told police a substantially different story -- that Wilson had brought the two there as part of a setup for a robbery and that the witness tried to warn them before they left the apartment.
Prosecutors said Monday the incident began as an argument over a firearm.
Delgado previously pleaded guilty in 2021 to improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony. He received six to 18 months of probation. He also has several misdemeanor convictions, mostly involving drugs and traffic offenses.