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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A teenager accused of gunning down a man outside a city residence this summer pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges from a separate incident in which police say he shot at a vehicle occupied by five men who were attempting to come to the defense of a group member&#8217;s sister.</p><p>Khalil Brathwaite, 19, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Luzerne County Court to a misdemeanor count of propulsion of a missile into an occupied vehicle. Additional charges of aggravated assault, terroristic threats and reckless endangerment were withdrawn, according to court documents.</p><p>According to the affidavit, the group of men drove to Brathwaite&#8217;s apartment at 197 Brown Street on Jan. 9 after one of them, Brendon Seabrook, learned his sister had been assaulted by Brathwaite earlier in the day.</p><p>Police said that when the group approached the apartment, Seabrook called Brathwaite and told him to come outside. According to police, Brathwaite warned Seabrook that he would shoot them if the group came to the apartment. Police said the men decided to flee but were fired upon while passing the apartment.</p><p>Witnesses said they heard as many as five gunshots.</p><p>After hearing the shots, the group stopped at the Turkey Hill on Hazle Street and found a bullet hole in the driver side rear door, police said.</p><p>Brathwaite, jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility since July 27, is currently awaiting formal arraignment on criminal homicide charges stemming from a July incident in which police said the 2014 GAR High School graduate fatally shot 33-year-old Jason Canty outside a residence on New Alexander Street. It was the city&#8217;s fourth homicide of the year.</p><p>Brathwaite&#8217;s formal arraignment on the homicide charge is scheduled for Dec. 18.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Brathwaite, shown here in July following his arraignment on homicide charges, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Luzerne County Court to an unrelated weapons charge. He is scheduled to be sentenced on the charge on Feb. 23. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/web1_TTL072815wbhomicide2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Brathwaite, shown here in July following his arraignment on homicide charges, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Luzerne County Court to an unrelated weapons charge. He is scheduled to be sentenced on the charge on Feb. 23. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Khalil Brathwaite, 19, fired gun at occupied vehicle</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre homicide suspect pleads guilty to unrelated weapons charge