5th Teenager Pleads Guilty in Shooting Near Iowa School

5th Teenager Pleads Guilty in Shooting Near Iowa School
Police investigate a shooting outside of East High School in in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 7, 2022. Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP
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DES MOINES, Iowa—Another teenager accused in a fatal shooting near an Iowa high school has admitted to the crime, marking the fifth guilty plea among the 10 people charged.

Daniel Hernandez, 18, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder and two counts of willful injury, the Des Moines Register reported. He had previously been charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder and two counts of willful injury.