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NILES — A Niles teen has pleaded guilty to one count in connection to a shooting on South 11^th Street in January. Sawyer Matthew Holloway will be sentenced July 8 in Berrien County Trial Court on a charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder.

Holloway, 19, of Sheffield Avenue in Niles, pleaded guilty to the great bodily harm charge earlier this week at a status conference before Berrien County Trial Judge Jennifer Smith. Holloway had been scheduled to go to trial on five felony charges this month.

Holloway had also been charged with carrying a concealed weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for assault with intent do to great bodily harm less than murder. The other charges carried penalties of five years in prison for carrying a concealed weapon, four years in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon and a consecutive two years in prison on the felony firearms charges.

The incident occurred shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday in a driveway in the 1200 block of South 11^th Street. The person shot Mal Derwood Wynn, 34, of Niles, who was treated and released Wednesday from South Bend Memorial Hospital.

Niles police reported Jan. 17 that they were dispatched to the Little Caesars Pizza at 1244 South 11^th shortly after 10 a.m. that morning for a malicious destruction of property complaint involving two employees who were in a verbal dispute.

They reported that they received a 911 call moments later of a subject who had been shot and received a non-life-threatening injury. The location of the shooting victim was the Dollar Tree store located at 1202 S. 11th St and officers responded to both locations.

The victim was located at Dollar Tree where he was treated by Niles Fire Department, SMCAS Ambulance personnel, and transported to South Bend Memorial Hospital.

The suspect was located by Niles Police officers at Little Caesars, which is a few hundred feet south of Dollar Tree and taken into custody. Based on evidence at the scene, investigators determined that the shooting took place in a business entrance near the 1200 block of S. 11th St.