Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting Death of Jacqueline Avant and Home Invasion

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CBS Los Angeles reports. Jaqueline Avant, 81, was killed on December 1 after 30-year-old Aariel Maynor broke into the home she shared with her husband.Maynor pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of murder, one count of attempted murder, one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of robbing a home with a person present, according to CBS Los Angeles.

He also admitted that he shot at the Avants' security guard, who was present during the robbery but not injured.On December 1 at around 2:30 a.m., police responded to reports of shots fired.

Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook said in a press release following the shooting that a deceased woman, later identified as Jaqueline Avant, was discovered on scene and police were still looking for a suspect.An hour after later, police were responding to another report of a shooting when they located Maynor.

Police also found a similar getaway vehicle caught on camera and an AR-15 rifle, which police believed was used in the killing.«He was in the house and collecting property and then after that somehow discharged a weapon and apparently shot himself in the foot,» LAPD's deputy chief Blake Chow said. «Somewhere in the night, we had an astute watch commander of Hollywood that started to put two and two together and reached out to Beverly Hills, and there were some similarities.»Maynor was arrested on December 3.Avant was known in California as a philanthropist dedicated to helping low-income neighborhoods, The Associated Press reports.