City man sentenced up to six year in prison after pleading guilty to shooting, injuring teen, striking bookstore with gunfire
A city man was sentenced to three to six years in state prison after he pleaded guilty this month to shooting and injuring a 16-year-old and striking a downtown business with gunfire.
Judge Thomas Sponaugle sentenced William Joseph Isaac Martin, of the 400 block of Howard Avenue, after he pleaded guilty Jan. 8 to a single count each of aggravated assault, discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, firearms not to be carried without a license and possession of a firearm by a minor and six counts of recklessly endangering another person.
Martin, 18, shot the victim in the arm in the 200 block of West Grant Street the afternoon of March 19, 2024.
A nearby bookstore in the first block of North Prince Street was also struck by gunfire. Five people were inside the store at the time.
Video footage showed the then-16-year-old Martin brandishing a firearm from his coat pocket and firing three times toward the victim, who was attempting to run away. Martin could then be seen fleeing the scene.
Police found multiple shell casings at the scene of the shooting.
Lancaster City Bureau of Police Sgt. Shawn Gunnet filed the charges.
