An Utah man pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally shooting his mother and three siblings when he was a teenager in 2020.
Colin “CJ” Haynie, who is now 19 and goes by his middle name of Jeffery. Jeffery had admitted to killing his mother and three other siblings. He shot his mother and one of his sisters first and waited for the rest to come home.
His father came back to the home later that evening and was shot in the leg but survived after wrestling the gun away from his son.
Jeffery Haynie pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated murder and one count of attempted murder on Tuesday. Several other weapons charges were dismissed in the plea agreement, court documents show.
He had been charged as an adult by prosecutors because of the seriousness of January 17, 2020, crime.
His attorney, Richard Van Wagoner, said in a statement that prosecutors agreed to let his client stay in the juvenile justice system until he is 25. This will enable Jeffery Haynie to get access to education and mental health programs designed for younger people.
