Teen pleads guilty in tragic death of Tacoma bagel shop owner

Malik Cornelius pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Jacob Carter on Friday. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on May 19.

TACOMA, Wash. — The 16-year-old charged in the death of a Tacoma bagel shop co-owner pleaded guilty to two charges in Louisiana on Friday. 

Malik Cornelius, who is being tried as an adult, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at a pre-trial hearing that was attending virtually by Jacob Carter’s family, according to court records. 

Carter was killed in the Marigny neighborhood on Jan. 5, 2024, while he was on vacation with his husband Daniel Blagovich. The New Orleans Police Department said Carter

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