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Former Gainesville High football standout pleads guilty to reduced charges in teen’s fatal shooting

Ja’quez Jeremiah Marquis Sims sits in Hall County Magistrate Court Wednesday, July 17, 2024, for a committal hearing for charges of felony malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault from the shooting of Jaishawn Overstreet at Ridgecrest Apartments in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers

07182024 SIMS 1.jpg — Ja’quez Jeremiah Marquis Sims sits in Hall County Magistrate Court Wednesday, July 17, 2024, for a committal hearing for charges of felony malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault from the shooting of Jaishawn Overstreet at Ridgecrest Apartments in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers

A former Gainesville High School football standout charged with murder in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Jaishawn Overstreet pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday, Feb. 5.