HARRISON TOWNSHIP — A man accused of shooting and killing someone who broke into a cellphone store has entered his plea.
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Mahmoud Abdellatif pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court documents.
Charges of murder, felonious assault, reckless homicide, and discharge of a firearm on or near a prohibited premises were dismissed.
Abdellatif is accused of shooting and killing Larry Swain, 36, of Troy, in January 2023.
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Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies were called out to reports of a shooting at the Boost Mobile store in the 3800 block of North Dixie Drive in the overnight hours on Jan. 10.
According to the sheriff’s office, the investigation showed Swain and a juvenile female were breaking into the business.
Abdellatif told deputies that he lived upstairs over the store, which was his family’s owned business. He said he heard noises from the store and went downstairs with a handgun.
When he was outside of the front of the business, he said he saw Swain inside the store. He then fired multiple shots through the front window, hitting Swain multiple times, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Swain was taken to a local hospital. He later died as a result of his injuries.
Abdellatif is set to be sentenced on April 8.
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