Columbia man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2020 Cosmo Park killing
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia man pleaded guilty on Friday to involuntary manslaughter and other charges in connection to the 2020 shooting death of Jermaine Spain at Cosmo Park.
Detravion Latrell Coats, 18, pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault and resisting arrest. He was sentenced to eight years in prison with credit for time served.
Coats was originally charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and first-degree assault. Coats was listed on the Boone County Jail roster on Monday afternoon.
He was accused of setting up a drug deal that lead to the shooting, according to previous reporting.
According to court documents, police were dispatched to a call for a shooting at Cosmo Park on November 2, 2020, where Spain was found dead. Videos also allegedly show Coats in the backseat of a car on the night of the murder holding the gun Columbia Police think is the murder weapon, according to court documents.
Maurice Banks Jr., 21, was also sentenced to eight years in prison in March after pleading guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter and second-degree assault. He was previously indicted with second-degree murder, first-degree assault and armed criminal action.
Isaiah C. Brunson was charged with second-degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance. Brunson, of Kansas City, has a pretrial conference scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, and has a jury trial set for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3.
