Zanesville Man Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter

A Zanesville man charged in the death of a 16-year-old girl has changed his plea to guilty.

22-year-old Donovan Norman plead guilty Monday in Common Pleas court to one count of involuntary manslaughter with a firearm specification in the shooting death of Rhandi Freitag.

The shooting took place May 31 on Maysville Avenue. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered by Judge Kelly Cottrill and bond was continued at $2m.

Norman had faced a murder charge in the shooting.