Great-grandson of former Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson pleads guilty to 2022 murder

CLEVELAND — Donald Jackson-Gates, the great-grandson of former Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of murder for the shooting death of Chris'Shon Coleman in 2022.

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Jackson-Gates will be sentenced in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas on Monday, August 21 at 1 p.m. 

Coleman was fatally shot on May 14, 2022 in the 2300 block of East 40th Street on May 14. Jackson-Gates was arrested in early June. 

Jackson-Gates was initially indicted on the following charges:

• One count of Aggravated Murder
• Two counts of Murder 
• Two counts of Felonious Assault
• One count of Having Weapons Under Disability 

Jackson-Gates was previously arrested and charged with several crimes involving gang activity in 2019. Previous court documents show that Jackson-Gates lived at the same address as his mother and another of former Mayor Frank Jackson's great-grandsons.

Previous Reporting:

• Great-grandson of former Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson being held on a $1.25 million dollar bond
• Great-grandson of former Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson appears in court on aggravated murder charges
• Great-grandson of former Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson wanted for fatal shooting

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• Man convicted in murder of grandson of former Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson sentenced to life in prison; possibility of parole in 33 years
• 3News Investigates: Autopsy shows Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's grandson died of multiple gunshot wounds

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