Cleveland, OH
Former Cleveland Mayor Jackson’s great-grandson sentenced for murder
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The 20-year-old great-grandson of former Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson was sentenced Monday by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Shirley Strickland for a deadly shooting in 2022.
Donald Jackson-Gates was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison.
On Aug. 16, Jackson-Gates pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault and having weapons under disability. Former Mayor Jackson was in court for plea.
Jackson-Gates shot and killed Chris’Shon Jaquez Coleman on May 14, 2022 on the city’s East side.
The 20-year-old victim was hanging out near East 40th Street and Quincy Avenue when Jackson-Gates approached and shot him several times.
Coleman was pronounced dead at the scene by Cleveland EMS.
Jackson-Gates was taken into custody June 7, 2022.
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