Second man pleads guilty to 2021 Rochester shooting; sentencing scheduled in October
Nautica Cox / Olmsted County ADC
(ABC 6 News) – The second defendant in a 2021 downtown Rochester shooting near the 1st Avenue parking ramp entered a petition to plead guilty Tuesday, Sept. 10.
Nautica Cox, now 25, was originally charged with three counts of aiding and abetting a second-degree murder and one count of felon in possession of a firearm following the death of Todd Lorne Banks, Jr.
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Cox’s plea agreement was accepted Tuesday afternoon and a sentencing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Oct. 21.
His petition states Cox agreed to plead to one count of aiding and abetting 2nd-degree murder in exchange for 180 months, an amended count of aiding and abetting 1st-degree assault a concurrent 180-month sentence, as well as the count of felon in possession of a firearm in exchange for a 60-month sentence, also served concurrently.
Cox’s sentence would be for a total of 180 months, then, or 15 years.