September sentencing set for former Jamestown Fire Chief convicted in shooting

David Jones

The former chief of the Jamestown, Pennsylvania Volunteer Fire Department will be sentenced late next month for shooting a Greenville man.

David  Earl Jones, 55, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one first-degree felony count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily harm, according to Mercer County District Attorney Peter Acker.

Jones had been scheduled to go on trial next Monday on charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault.

State Police say Jones wounded 31-year-old Tyler Schadt on June 13, 2021.

The victim was shot in the neck during a domestic argument on the 200 block of Chestnut Street in Jamestown.

State Police Major Case investigators say Jones got a gun from his car and shot Schadt.

According to the fire department's website, Jones joined the department in 1984.