Son of suspect in Muslim slayings to make plea on gun charge

(AP) The son of an Afghan refugee suspected in the shooting deaths of four Muslim men in New Mexico has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a charge that he provided a false address when buying two guns last year.

Court records detail the proposed agreement filed last week between [Shaheen] Syed and prosecutors. It calls for Syed to be sentenced to time already served and to be placed on three years of supervised release.

There’s no indication how soon the court could sign off on the proposal. Neither prosecutors nor Syed’s public defender would comment on the pending motion.

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