SAN ANTONIO -- A former Army sergeant pleaded guilty Wednesday morning in federal court for a shooting on Ft. Sam Houston in June 2013 that nearly took the life of an Army Captain.
Alvin Roundtree, 52, faces up to 20 years in prison, after pleading guilty to assault with intent to commit murder.
Roundtree admitted to shooting his common-law-wife, Army Captain Mona McFadden, outside her office during an argument.
In federal court Wednesday morning, Chief Judge Biery read from the indictment against Roundtree, which included a long list of evidence the government was prepared to present, if the case had gone to trial: video of the shooting, phone calls made by Roundtree after the shooting in which he admitted to the act and a text message sent to McFadden's daughter that read she pushed me to this .
Biery complimented Roundtree on his military service, then told the defendant he had become a domestic enemy.
Roundtree arrived to the hearing Wednesday looking haggard, and appeared to have lost quite a bit of weight since his arrest last June.
After hearing the indictment, Roundtree admitted to Judge Biery that he pulled out a fully-loaded .45 caliber handgun and shot McFadden in the arm. The woman fell down as she tried to run away.
Roundtree then confirmed that he shot McFadden five more times: once in her abdomen, once in her lower back, once in her arm, once in her shin and once in the buttocks.
McFadden survived the attack; however, she has not been in court for any of the proceedings.
Outside court Wednesday, Roundtree's sister seemed to blame McFadden for the shooting.
Are you surprised by how this played out over the last year? KENS 5 asked.
I think that's a question for Mona, replied Sharon Garry.
Roundtree is scheduled to be sentenced in September. He will likely get less than 20 years in prison for entering the plea agreement.
Roundtree faces two more charges for conspiracy to kill a federal witness, after he allegedly tried to hire his nephew to kill McFadden, after she survived the shooting.
It was unclear Wednesday if those charges will be dropped since Roundtree entered the plea agreement.
The U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment Wednesday, since Roundtree may play a role in his nephew's upcoming trial for conspiracy.
