COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A man pleaded guilty Monday to charges in connection with the fatal shooting of his girlfriend last year.
Ronald B. Williams pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter with a firearm specification and having a weapon under disability.
According to police, officers were called to 4286 Dresden St. on Oct. 7, 2009 on a report of a fatal shooting.
The victim was 21-year-old Chaunta Serrano, and the victim's family and police said they suspected Serrano's boyfriend, Williams, in the homicide.
After the shooting, police searched for Williams until he surrendered to authorities at the Franklin County Jail two days later.
Serrano and Williams had been dating for about five to six months, according to the family.
Serrano's brother, Leekem Carter, apparently was in the North Side apartment when the shooting happened.
Carter was sitting in the apartment living room when he said there was some sort of disagreement or argument between Serrano and Williams.
Serrano and William were in a bedroom.
William started to walk out of the bedroom and then walked back into the room.
Carter said he heard his sister shout, "I was just playing. I was just playing."
Serrano's brother said the boyfriend fired one shot that struck her in the head. Carter said Serrano was killed instantly.
Medics pronounced Serrano dead at the scene at 1:04 a.m., police said.
Serrano was a mother of three, and her three children were in the home at the time of the shooting.
Williams is scheduled to be sentenced March 30 at 9 a.m.
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