MONTCO MAN, 20, PLEADS GUILTY TO 2024 CARJACKING IN WHICH HE SHOT AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDED THE VICTIM

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Niyaz Burgess, 20, of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Judge Kai N. Scott to carjacking and using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

The defendant was charged by indictment in August of last year.

As detailed in court filings and statements, on July 14, 2024, shortly before three in the morning, Burgess carjacked and shot a man on the 6600 block of Limekiln Pike in Philadelphia, driving away in the victim's vehicle. The victim s...