Fontelle Jolly, Junction City, entered pleas of no contest in Geary County District Court on Friday to Voluntary Manslaughter, a level three person felony and Aggravated Battery, a level five lesser felony. Geary County Attorney Krista Blaisdell confirms Jolly was found guilty by the Court on both counts. Sentencing is scheduled for December 30th.

Jolly had been charged earlier with Reckless Second Degree Murder and Aggravated Battery, level four, but pleaded no contest to the new allegations in an amended complaint. A jury trial had been scheduled to begin on Monday, but now will not occur.

The charges stemmed from the August 31, 2018 fatal shooting of Felix Snipes, 29, Junction City, and the wounding of Cartavius King, 25, Junction City.

According to earlier court preliminary hearing testimony the shooting occurred outside an apartment complex on Wildcat Lane on the west side of the city.

Snipes was shot two times in the chest and later died from his injuries. King had testified he was shot either three or four times including once each in a shoulder, elbow and a buttock, and was also grazed in the abdomen. He later underwent surgery on the elbow wound at the KU Medical Center.

Court testimony has revealed the the incident began as an altercation between Jolly and his girlfriend in one of the nearby apartments. King was called to the scene and later testified that he remembered that he and Snipes told Jolly to leave the premises, and Jolly sat in his own vehicle. King said he and Snipes were ready to leave, they turned around and were shot by Jolly. King said in the earlier court hearing he saw Snipes struck by the shot and tried to charge Jolly and was shot himself.