MOULTRIE, Ga. — And then there was one. Four days before going to trial on murder charges, one of the two remaining defendants from an original group of seven accused in a July 2015 slaying entered a guilty plea.

The admission made on Thursday morning by former Colquitt County High football standout Tykerious Raheem “Grump” Jones, 18, leaves Christian Savion Glover, 19, as the lone defendant in the case. Glover, Jones and five other teen-agers were accused in the fatal shooting of John Hester Sr. on the night of July 5, 2015, outside his residence just outside Norman Park.

Glover’s trial is scheduled to begin Monday afternoon as he faces charges of two counts of felony murder, theft by taking, criminal attempt to commit armed robbery and four counts possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Superior Court Judge Brian McDaniel accepted Jones’ plea of guilty to felony charges of first degree burglary and criminal attempt to commit home invasion during Thursday court proceedings.

Co-defendants Ty’Cameron La’Darius Hayes, Derrick Demond Phillips, I-Key Tumazs Pinkins and Brandon Quanterrious “Brad” Wynn each entered guilty pleas to the same two charges earlier this year. 

Hayes, Phillips and Wynn are each 19 now. Pinkins turned 20 on July 17.  

The six also were accused in taking part in a burglary earlier in the day at a Norman Park City Council member’s 105 Lonnie Brookard Road residence inside the city. A number of weapons — pistols, rifles and shotguns — were among the property stolen during that burglary, and police believe that Hester was shot with a .40-caliber pistol stolen during that burglary.

Police recovered some of the stolen property, including some of the guns, but the .40-caliber weapon was not among what was found.

The seventh defendant, Adrian Lyran Robinson, who turned 20 on June 6, was indicted alone in a separate indictment and was not accused of taking part in the burglary. He pleaded earlier in the year to a single count of criminal attempt to commit home invasion.

Hester was shot, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, after he heard a disturbance at his son’s residence across the road and went out to investigate, carrying his shotgun. He reportedly encountered young men in two cars and shots were fired.

The elder Hester fired several shots from the shotgun he took with him, and at least one shot was fired from someone in one of the fleeing cars.

Investigators in previous court hearings in the case have identified Glover as the gunman and said that several others in the group were armed with BB guns.

A bullet struck an artery in Hester’s leg, and he died at about 10 a.m. July 6 at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville.

An autopsy performed by the GBI indicated that Hester died of a combination of a gunshot wound and an existing heart condition. The agency ruled the death a homicide.

A trial scheduled for Glover and Jones set for the week of June 6 was postponed because Public Defender Jon McClure, who is representing Jones, was not available until June 8. That would have put the trial, which likely would have involved at least one full day of jury selection, beginning on a Thursday, meaning the case would have extended into the next week.

Sentencing has not been scheduled for any of the six defendants who have entered guilty pleas. 

Part of the plea agreement calls for them to testify truthfully at any trials involving any of the other defendants.