By Associated Press - Wednesday, September 16, 2015

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Wichita concrete company worker.

The Wichita Eagle (https://bit.ly/1UUXQAM ) reports 35-year-old Donnie Lalonde pleaded guilty to murder and aggravated robbery Sept. 4 for the February 2014 death of 44-year-old Efren Antonio Villarreal-Alvarado.

According to authorities, co-workers found Villarreal-Alvarado in his car with a gunshot wound to the chest in the parking lot of Santana Concrete. He later died at a hospital.



Lalonde is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 20.

Another man, 42-year-old Deon Nolan Hale, is also charged in Villarreal-Alvarado’s death. He’s awaiting trial in November.

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Information from: The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle, https://www.kansas.com

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