20-Year-Old Pleads Guilty to Murder of Adrian Pook

One year ago, twenty-nine-year-old Adrian Pook was shot dead in his yard by a gunman laying wait under the back steps of his home. The shooter was handed over to the police by Pook’s family after they detained him at the scene. Today, that man pleaded guilty to that crime. He is twenty-year-old Kriston Francis. This morning, Francis, represented in court by attorney Arthur Saldivar signed the plea bargain documents and took ownership for his actions. Saldivar urged upon the court to take into consideration the fact that his client expressed remorse and was only eighteen at the time of the murder, which was his first offense. Saldivar said that Francis has been waiting for the opportunity to apologize to the parents of the deceased and has taken full responsibility for his actions. Francis will be sentenced on July sixteenth and must undergo a psychiatric evaluation before appearing in court. Justice Derick Sylvester also ordered a social inquiry report, and a victim impact statement to be delivered before sentencing.