A man who was involved in a shootout in Liberty Township in June of 2022 pled guilty on various charges in court Tuesday afternoon including multiple counts of attempted murder.

Fifty-five-year-old Kevin Mallard pled guilty to four counts of attempted murder, three of which involving police officers, as well as one count of inducing panic with a firearm, improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, carrying a concealed weapon and firing at police.

The charges stem from an incident from June of 2022, in which witnesses say Mallard walked up to a vehicle on Belmont Avenue, shot the driver in the face and fled the scene.

After police located Mallard's vehicle and conducted a traffic stop, Mallard exited the vehicle and shot at the police cruisers striking one of them resulting in police returning fire striking Mallard.

During his arraignment hearing, Mallard asked Girard Municipal Court Judge, Jeffrey Adler if he was eligible for the death penalty for his alleged crimes, but Judge Adler told him he was not.

After numerous competency hearings, Mallard was deemed competent to stand trial. He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 14 in the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas.

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