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WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Wilkes-Barre man who police said shot at three people, killing one and injuring another, reached a plea agreement Thursday that will send him to state prison for 20 to 40 years.Jordan Stevens, 29, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in Luzerne County Court before Judge Michael T. Vough in front of tearful members of the victim&#8217;s family. Wearing glasses and a blue prison jumpsuit, Stevens nodded and acknowledged to Vough he was aware of the plea agreement and understood its terms.The offer was the only one presented to Stevens by prosecutors, he affirmed to Vough.He was immediately sentenced.Prosecutors allege Stevens, freed a year earlier from state prison after serving time for armed robbery, rattled off multiple gunshots which killed 18-year-old Christopher Narainasami and injured another man just after midnight Sept. 13, 2013.The victim&#8217;s father, Carlos Fondeur, told the court his son&#8217;s life was taken just when he began to blossom into a man.&#8220;I don&#8217;t hear him no more. I don&#8217;t see him no more. None of that,&#8221; he said of his son. &#8220;I was so angry. I was driving around looking to find you. I&#8217;m glad that they got you. I&#8217;m glad. But there&#8217;s nothing in this world that will make me forgive you. I don&#8217;t even think about you.&#8221;&#8220;You ain&#8217;t nothing to me. Nothing,&#8221; he continued, as Stevens stared back quietly.After tearful statements from the victim&#8217;s mother, Latchmi Narainasami, Vough asked Stevens if he had anything to say.&#8220;Do you have remorse?&#8221; Vough asked.&#8220;I feel remorse,&#8221; Stevens said. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry for their loss.&#8221;Assistant District Attorney Jarrett Ferentino said afterward that the agreement was a &#8220;fair&#8221; and &#8220;appropriate resolution in this case.&#8221; He said Narainasami&#8217;s family supported the deal and that they wished to avoid the emotions of enduring a murder trial.&#8220;It&#8217;s very painful for families to go through a trial, revisit autopsy photos, revisit the scene and see the defendant on a daily basis,&#8221; Ferentino said. &#8220;So it is preferred in many instances to find a resolution that&#8217;s acceptable to everyone, and that&#8217;s what we found.&#8221;A sentence of 20 to 40 years will likely result in Stevens doing in excess of 30 years behind bars and that the 29-year-old will likely not be a free man until he&#8217;s in his 60s, Ferentino explained.But there wasn&#8217;t an outcome that would bring back the victim, he added.&#8220;Our obligation is to seek justice and fairness and I think that this all the way around was a fair result,&#8221; he said.According to a criminal complaint, officers responding to a shots-fired call at 132 S. Welles St. found a bloodied, unresponsive Narainasami on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head. Another man, Alexander Torres-Silva, had also been shot in the right leg.Nevin Edwards, a witness, later told police Stevens was drinking a can of beer on the porch of the residence when he removed a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at a young boy who had just walked out the door. The witness said Stevens told him he doesn&#8217;t like people sneaking up behind him and stated he was &#8220;on a mission.&#8221;Police later recovered video footage from a nearby housing complex that showed Narainasami, Torres-Silva and Edwards walking up a stairway toward Stevens. When the trio passed by, Stevens turned around and fired three shots that struck Narainasami in the head and back and Torres-Silva in the leg.Narainasami died the next day.Torres-Silva later testified he could not identify the shooter. Another witness, 39-year-old Milagnos Rivera, died of natural causes in October 2013.Investigators, however, said they were able to use the video footage to link Stevens to DNA found on a can of beer he was seen tossing aside moments before unloading gunfire on the group. The can was recovered next to three shell casings, investigators said.Defense attorney Robert M. Buttner said he was satisfied with Thursday&#8217;s outcome and acknowledged the potential presentation of DNA evidence could have had a significant impact had the case gone to trial.&#8220;Simply put, you never know what a jury is going to do one way or another,&#8221; Buttner said. &#8220;With the DNA evidence coming in, you know, it could go either way.&#8221;Vough ordered Stevens to pay over $45,700 in fees and restitution to the victim&#8217;s family, including $17,178 to Narainasami&#8217;s mother for funeral expenses and $18,718 to the state police&#8217;s crime lab.It didn&#8217;t appear there was a motive in the shooting, Ferentino said.&#8220;Our victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time, and ran into the wrong person,&#8221; he said.<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Stevens, 29, sentenced to 20 to 40 years in state prison</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Joe Dolinskyjdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</shirttailMeta></div>

Jordan Stevens pleads guilty to third-degree murder