A Florida man has pleaded guilty to a robbery of $4 that ended in a fatal shooting.
Jacksonville resident Erron Markese Coleman pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder. He faces a minimum of 35 years in prison, and a possible life sentence.
Authorities say 20-year-old Daniel Eugene Rowe was taking out the trash behind the Blind Rabbit whiskey bar in July, 2015, when Coleman and another man attacked him.
Coleman, a 12-time felon, was supposed to scare Rowe with a gun while the accomplice grabbed the wallet, but Coleman ended up shooting Rowe twice in the head.
He then ran off with Rowe’s wallet — the job meant for his buddy. At his grandmother’s house across the street, he and his friend discovered their prize for the killing: $4.
They tossed the wallet in the trash and got a ride to a gas station as Jacksonville police and other emergency workers careened down the Riverside streets attempting to save a young father’s life and find his killers.
Coleman was later arrested, but his accomplice has not been caught.