DEARBORN, Mich. – Fadi Hassan Faraj pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder for shooting and killing another man on a Dearborn basketball court last July.
Faraj admitted in court that he got into a fight with 23-year-old Hassan Zeidan over a pick-up game of basketball, went to his car to get a gun and then opened fire.
"This is over a basketball game. Five shots in his back over a basketball game," said Zeidan's mother, Mariam. "He never hurt anybody in his life. He doesn't deserve what he got, where he is right now."
Faraj is set to be sentenced July 13.
Just dismissed charges in February
Judge Carole Youngblood dismissed the charges against Faraj earlier this year when prosecutor Lisa Screen was late to a jury selection hearing because she was involved in a separate homicide case. However, days later, the charges were reinstated and the trial began.