An Atlantic City man faces six years in prison in a 2021 shooting that wounded a man.
Leslie Washington, 39, pleaded guilty to second-degree aggravated assault in the Aug. 6, 2021, incident.
He admitted to firing a single shot through the door of the victim's home, striking the 48-year-old man in the abdomen.
Police were alerted to the scene by the ShotSpotter audio gunshot-detection system just before 1 a.m. in the 1100 block of Baltic Avenue.
Washington and the victim have children by the same woman, according to the affidavit of probable cause obtained by BreakingAC.
"I couldn't understand why he was there," the victim told police of the man witnesses knew as "Bear." "Was there something wrong with my son and you're coming to tell me?"
Instead, Washington fired a shot through the door.
He faces a six-year term when he is sentenced March 2. He must serve at least 85 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole.
Washington also faces a concurrent five-year term with no parole for being a certain person not to possess a weapon.
After his release, Washington will be subject to three years of intensive parole supervision.
