2nd suspect in Evansville New Year's Day shooting pleads guilty to murder

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The second of five people accused in a deadly New Year’s Day shooting last year has pleaded guilty.

Mykel Blair, 19, pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday morning in the death of 28-year-old D’Angelo White, according to the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office.

The plea agreement calls for Blair to serve 45 years in the Indiana Department of Correction, Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman Jess Powers said.

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If Circuit Court Judge David Kiely approves the terms of the plea agreement, Blair will be sentenced March 15.

Blair was also charged with attempted robbery resulting in serious bodily injury and conspiracy to commit robbery. He did not plead guilty to those charges, Powers said. They will be dismissed if the plea agreement is accepted.

Another teenager charged in White’s death pleaded guilty to charges including felony murder and attempted robbery. Charissa Robinson, 18, is scheduled to be sentenced March 20.

Blair was accused of shooting White during an attempted drug robbery on Jan. 1, 2018. Evansville Police believe Robinson set up a meeting with White before the robbery.

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Two other men — Derrick Butts and Noah Coleman — were accused of trying to rob White with Blair. Another suspect, Kylie Vincent, was accused of helping them plan the robbery.

White was shot in the chest while trying to drive away from the robbery, Evansville Police say, and crashed into a home at the intersection of Bedford and Washington avenues.

Butts is scheduled to start trial next month and Coleman is set for trial in April. Vincent, who was arrested several months after the other suspects, is scheduled to start trial in June.

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