TOLEDO, Ohio — June 10, 2022 update:
Mitchell was sentenced Friday to 6-9 years in prison for felonious assault, plus another three years for a weapons charge.
Previous reporting:
The man charged with murder in the death of University of Toledo football player Jahneil Douglas has been found not guilty of murder and one count of felonious assault, saying the shooter acted in self-defense.
A Lucas County common pleas court jury handed down the decision on Michael Mitchell Jr., 24, late Friday afternoon. The jury did find Mitchell guilty of one count of felonious assault, a second-degree felony.
Officers found Douglas suffering from at least one gunshot wound in front of the Original Gino's Pizza restaurant in west Toledo on July 7, 2020. He was treated at Toledo Hospital, where he died.
Detectives say there was a fight outside the restaurant between two men when shots were fired.
Mitchell is a former Start High School basketball player. A judge set his sentencing for June 10, 2022, at 9 a.m.
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