Four-year sentence issued to man involved in shooting death of 23-year-old in Topeka
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A man charged in connection with the shooting death of a Holton man in 2023 near Washburn University received his sentence Tuesday.
27 News checked court records this week which show that Aaron A. Serrano, 34, was sentenced to 52 months or just over four years in prison on April 15. Aaron Serrano's sentence is connected to Jackson E. Danner, 23, of Holton who was killed in a shooting near Washburn University in 2023.
Prosecutors initially charged Aaron Serrano with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter on Nov. 7, 2023. However, he eventually pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in May 21, 2024.
The Topeka Police Department (TPD) was called around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023 to the 1600 block of Southwest 21st Street on reports of a body in the front yard of a residence. Police arriving at the scene found a man, later identified as Danner, dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
U.S. Marshals in Clay County, Missouri later arrested Aaron Serrano before he was transported to Shawnee County to face charges for the killing. Another man, Tremale M. Serrano, was also arrested and found guilty of murder in the first degree in connection to Danner's death.
Danner was a 2018 graduate of Holton High School and attended Washburn Tech, according to his obituary. He was described as having a love of the outdoors and a "heart of gold." His death marked the 31st homicide case of 2023.
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