Guilty plea entered in shooting outside the Hawk

Joseph Muhammad

A man accused of firing shots into a crowd of people outside a bar near the Kansas University campus pleaded guilty to three counts of felony aggravated assault on Thursday, prosecutors said.

Police said Joseph Muhammad fired shots March 26 outside the Hawk, near 14th and Ohio streets. Two KU students and a student from the University of Chicago were injured.

Muhammad is scheduled to be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 18, said Cheryl Wright, spokeswoman for Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson.