ELYRIA — An Oberlin man who shot and killed the father of his nephew during an incident in November 2023 pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court and was sentenced to prison for nearly a decade.
Xavier Smith, 20, of South Pleasant Street, pleaded guilty to amended charges of voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault and receiving stolen property for possessing a stolen firearm he used to kill 31-year-old Donte Noble Jr.
Judge John Miraldi immediately sentenced him to a minimum of nine years in prison up to 11½ years maximum…