The man charged with the fatal stabbing of Keon Parker last August pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter as part of a plea deal.
George Joyner is expected to be sentenced June 2. Both sides in the case agreed to a recommended sentence of 11 years, which will have to be approved by a judge in June.
According to charging documents, Joyner and Parker were engaged in a physical altercation on August 8. Joyner told detectives that he and Parker knew each other, and the fight began when Parker “approached bumped him.” Joyner also told police Parker told Joyner he was going to rob him.
Police were able to find Joyner after following a trail of blood to a shelter near the intersection of 2nd and E Streets, NW. Joyner suffered a cut to his arm during the fight. Parker was killed by stabs to his stomach.
