Everly pleads guilty in fatal Jefferson County Sportsman’s Club shootings
STEUBENVILLE – Wayne L. Everly Jr., 39, of Steubenville stopped his double homicide trial Tuesday afternoon, saying he didn’t want the families of his victims to see any more graphic pictures.
Everly pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated murder, with a firearm specification, and was sentenced by Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Michelle Miller to life in prison, without parole eligibility for 53 years.
The sheriff’s department was called to the Jefferson County Sportsman’s Club around 5:38 a.m on June 14, 2015, to investigate a call that reported a shooting. Deputies found Christopher M. Bradley, 43, of Steubenville and Barry Grant, 45, of Toronto dead from single gunshot wounds to their head.
Reports said that Everly had been attending a party at the club, had become belligerent and argumentative and was told to leave. Prosecutor Jane Hanlin said Everly drove a total of more than 32 miles from the club to a home in Steubenville, where he got a handgun and shotgun, and then back to the club.
Nine witnesses testified during the opening day of the trial on Tuesday, including seven people who were at the club when the shootings occurred. It was after a dash camera on a sheriff’s cruiser was played, showing Bradley’s body in a parking lot at the club, that Everly decided to change his plea to guilty.
Hanlin said the shooting deaths were intentional and with prior calculation and design. She said Bradley and Grant had nothing to do with Everly being told to leave the sportsman’s club.
“I didn’t have many cases where the victims were more innocent,” she said.
Everly apologized to the families of the victims and “everyone that has been affected by this tragedy.”
Miller told Everly his acts were horrific to so many people, including the families of the victims and the innocent members of the club.
“It extends well beyond that. It extends to the entire community,” the judge said.
Everly pleads guilty in fatal Jefferson County Sportsman’s Club shootings
STEUBENVILLE – Wayne L. Everly Jr., 39, of Steubenville stopped his double homicide trial Tuesday afternoon, saying he didn’t want the families of his victims to see any more graphic pictures.
Everly pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated murder, with a firearm specification, and was sentenced by Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Michelle Miller to life in prison, without parole eligibility for 53 years.
The sheriff’s department was called to the Jefferson County Sportsman’s Club around 5:38 a.m on June 14, 2015, to investigate a call that reported a shooting. Deputies found Christopher M. Bradley, 43, of Steubenville and Barry Grant, 45, of Toronto dead from single gunshot wounds to their head.
Reports said that Everly had been attending a party at the club, had become belligerent and argumentative and was told to leave. Prosecutor Jane Hanlin said Everly drove a total of more than 32 miles from the club to a home in Steubenville, where he got a handgun and shotgun, and then back to the club.
Nine witnesses testified during the opening day of the trial on Tuesday, including seven people who were at the club when the shootings occurred. It was after a dash camera on a sheriff’s cruiser was played, showing Bradley’s body in a parking lot at the club, that Everly decided to change his plea to guilty.
Hanlin said the shooting deaths were intentional and with prior calculation and design. She said Bradley and Grant had nothing to do with Everly being told to leave the sportsman’s club.
“I didn’t have many cases where the victims were more innocent,” she said.
Everly apologized to the families of the victims and “everyone that has been affected by this tragedy.”
Miller told Everly his acts were horrific to so many people, including the families of the victims and the innocent members of the club.
“It extends well beyond that. It extends to the entire community,” the judge said.
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