A Louisiana teenager has pleaded guilty after investigators say he tried to kill a father who was defending his daughter from bullies. Jerry Huggins, 19, pleaded guilty to aggravated second-degree battery and illegal use of weapons Monday. He was initially charged with attempted first-degree murd er and illegal use of a weapon for the shooting of Corey Breaux. Huggins was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Wednesday. Huggins received 11 years for the battery charge and two years for the illegal use of weapons. Corey Breaux is pictured in the hospital with his children. (Photo: GoFundMe) Atlanta Black Star spoke with Breaux after the sentencing. He was shot in March 2025. Breaux said he went outside to protect his 14-year-old daughter, who was getting bullied by a group of teenagers, when he was shot three times. “I was going ‘God, I don’t know what to do’,” he said. “Like he’s got a gun and out of all people who should get shot, that’s got to be me.” Breaux said Huggins had intended to do damage that day. “He had a goal. He had the magazine for it. It was extended. He wanted to do some damage.” Breaux survived the shooting. He was in the ICU for multiple days. He had bullets from his neck, abdomen, and groin removed. “This gentleman was doing nothing wrong. He was trying to defend his daughter against a bunch of bullies who were out there terrorizing his daughter, so he stood up,” Baton Rouge Police Information Office Saundra Watts told WBRZ. “He did the right thing, but unfortunately, this teen took it upon himself to shoot this man in front of his daughter.” Huggins was initially on the run after the shooting before authorities arrested him a week or two later. During the trial, Breaux told the Atlanta Black Star that Huggins’ father was the only person who showed up to support him during the case. He only went one day. “I’m just wondering like, did you change anything? What’s happening in prison?” Breaux said, referring to Huggins. He said Huggins interrupted him during his testimonial during the hearing on Wednesday. “He said ‘Oh really? Oh really?’ and he started laughing,” Breaux said. The judge reportedly told Huggins to refrain from any outbursts. The family wrote online that Breaux was in the process of earning his degree when he got shot. He graduated from the University of Phoenix last fall with a degree in business. Breaux said his outlook on the youth has shifted. “The only thing you’ve done is change my outlook on people, and especially on teenagers that look like you,” Breaux read from his testimonial to Huggins. Another one of Breaux’s children, his daughter’s big sister, told WBRZ she had been supporting her sister since the shooting. “She sometimes feels like it’s her fault. I told her it’s never your fault that whole situation didn’t have to turn out the way it did, pulling out a gun against a man who wasn’t going to hurt you and only wanted you to leave from beside his house; there is no excuse for it,” she said. Since the shooting, Breaux has been able to walk his daughter onto the field after she was named homecoming queen. He is also preparing to celebrate his second-oldest child’s graduation. “So many good things have happened since the incident, and we are so blessed. Thank you to everyone who helped when we needed it most. Faith in humanity restored,” Lorena wrote on an online fundraiser. ‘There’s No Excuse for It’: Louisiana Teen Who Shot Father Defending Daughter Against Bullies Learns Fate After Getting Plea Deal ...read more read less