A Detroit man will spend at least eight years in prison for two December 2018 shootings, one of which sent a man to the hospital.
Imani Zachary Cody, 21, pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and wanton endangerment involving a firearm in Monongalia County Circuit Court on July 10.
On Dec. 12, Cody shot Derrick Hamlet, 24, at a Brockway Avenue home. Hamlet was at the apartment to buy marijuana when Cody told him to empty his pockets and shot him in the arm, chest and leg. He also fired shots at Marjorie Gardens on Dec. 9 that did not hit anyone.
The Marjorie Gardens shooting was over a disagreement about a cellphone with a woman, Monongalia County Prosecutor Perri DeChristopher said.
Cody pleaded to a binding plea agreement, meaning the case’s judge, Susan Tucker, was required to follow the sentencing agreement in the plea. Cody was sentenced immediately following his convictions to three-15 years for attempted murder and five years for wanton endangerment. The sentences will run consecutively.
Robbery and assault during the commission of a felony, both charges Cody was indicted on by the May 2019 term of the Monongalia County grand jury, were dropped as part of the plea. As was a controlled substance charge that was yet to be presented to a grand jury.
Cody was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in Detroit on Jan. 16.
He is currently being held in North Central Regional Jail and has not been transferred to a prison.
