SAN DIEGO—A 19-year-old man whom prosecutors say drove the alleged killer of a homeless woman to the Serra Mesa location where she was fatally shot with a pellet gun pleaded guilty on Aug. 24 to assault with a deadly weapon.
Ryan Hopkins faces up to three years in state prison for his role in the shooting of 68-year-old Annette Pershal, whom police found unconscious on the morning of May 8 on Sandrock Road.