A 20-year-old man faces between 2 1/2 and 8 years in state prison for shooting a man last year as he slept in his West Brady Street apartment.

Jase William Charlton, 20, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, and on Tuesday he was sentenced by Butler County Judge William Shaffer.

According to court records, at about 4 a.m. on July 20, 2015, Charlton fired a shotgun round through a bedroom window of first-floor apartment.

The round struck 21-year-old Brandon K. Fairtrace in the head and face. Fairtrace, who was in bed with his girlfriend, was critically injured and in previous hearings said he spent time in a medically-induced coma and suffers continued serious optical injury.

Charlton when questioned by police reportedly confessed to the shooting.

Fairtrace did not attend court for Charlton’s sentencing. He's is in the Butler County Prison facing legal problems of his own, stemming from the same day.

After the shooting, Butler police charged Fairtrace with felony drug possession after they happened upon more than a pound of marijuana and $17,000 in currency while searching his home for evidence in the shooting, according to court records. He remains in Butler County Prison on $50,000 bail.

For a complete report, see Wednesday's Butler Eagle.