Before a Barberton man shot and killed his father, he was having delusions that his father was involved with his girlfriend.

Though this wasn’t true, Shannon Ingol pulled out a gun and shot his father in the driveway of the family’s Barberton home.

Ingol, 22, who has no prior criminal record, pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder with a gun specification.

Summit County Common Pleas Judge Alison Breaux sentenced Ingol to life in prison with possible parole after 16 years, the penalty agreed upon by attorneys.

"You’ll have a lot of time to think about how you can be different and accept this and live with whatever illness there is," Breaux said. "You can do so successfully. I’ve seen it happen."

Ingol shot Shannon Callahan, his father, on the morning of June 19 outside the family’s George Street home on the city’s south side.

Callahan, 41, was taken to Summa Barberton Hospital where he later died.

The shooting was captured on a personal surveillance video.

Ingol initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Two mental-health evaluations, however, deemed him competent and sane.

"There were diagnoses made that were significant but did not rise to the level required for a legal sanity or competency finding," said Jeff Laybourne, Ingol’s attorney. "It just fell a little bit short."

Ingol’s family members, who are supporting him, were hoping for a resolution that didn’t involve a life prison sentence.

Assistant Prosecutor Joe Miller said his office couldn’t agree to this because of the severity of the crime. Prosecutors did agree, however, to amend the gun specification from a mandatory three-year sentence to a one-year prison sentence.

"We did fashion an agreement in which the defendant will be eligible for parole," Miller said.

Ingol went to Archbishop Hoban High School, where he played football, and had attended college for two years. With no prior record, he was able to get a concealed-carry permit.

"This is just an absolute tragedy," Laybourne said. "It’s my nonmedical opinion that the mental heath issues rose to the level that they took over and clouded his thinking."

Laybourne thinks his client will be a good client for parole and asked Breaux to share his mental-health records with the prison where he is incarcerated so that they are aware of his issues.

Breaux asked Ingol’s mother, who was in court but declined to speak, if there was anything she wanted to say.

"I just want to give him a hug," his mother said.

Breaux explained that she couldn’t allow that.

"I love you," Ingol said to his mother. "I’ll see you soon."
