One of three suspects charged after a string of violent home invasions in St. Joseph was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday.

20-year-old Jabin Bullock pleaded guilty in October to first-degree burglary for an incident in which the mother of a friend was held hostage in her own home back in August.

Bullock insisted he was acting as a lookout when two other co-defendants ransacked the woman’s house while she was held at gunpoint. He told investigators that because he “hadn’t done enough,” he was shot by a co-defendant.

As we previously reported, Capt. Jeff Wilson said a man reported being shot while walking down a street in midtown and hit in the buttocks during crossfire between two vehicles around that time frame.  At that time, Wilson said the particulars as to how he was shot were questionable.

Judge Daniel Kellogg ordered Bullock to serve an eight-year sentence.

Another suspect in the investigation, 16-year-old Te’Avion Hawkins, was charged as an adult and appeared in court Tuesday. A third suspect, age 15, is being adjudicated as a juvenile.