Another of the six suspects in the attempted murder of a Hutchinson man entered a plea Friday in front of Judge Tim Chambers.

Joseph LeShore entered a plea to an amended charge of attempted 2nd degree murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and aggravated battery.

He admitted in court his involvement in the beating and stabbing of Jeffrey Payne and will be sentenced on November 1.

Meanwhile, the state says they will amend the complaint against John Cantu after it was clear that Judge Tim Chambers would dismiss that count during a hearing Friday morning. The defense had asked for most if not all the charges be dropped because of the limited involvement of Cantu in the case. Judge Chambers denied the request to drop the other charges and Senior Assistant District Attorney Steve Maxwell said he would amend the first count of attempted 1st degree murder to attempted 2nd degree murder under the theory of aiding and abetting.

Once the state amends that complaint, Judge Chambers will then allow the two sides to argue over whether that count should be allowed into the trial. Those arguments will come at some later date.

Another of the six, Desmund Cantu entered guilty pleas in two cases, one of which involved the attempted murder and was sentenced to 84-months total or 7-years in prison.

Cantu had earlier entered guilty pleas to aggravated battery, two counts of aggravated burglary and aggravated assault. All other charges including attempted 1st degree murder were dropped by the state as part of a plea agreement.

The other three charged in this case includes Sean Arevalo Mendoza, Jordon LeShore and Troy Bell.

The attack on Payne occurred back on February 18, when these men allegedly broke into his home and physically attacked and stabbed him numerous times in the leg and torso.

The motive for the attack I allegedly over an incident involving the LeShore brothers mother where she may have been slapped so hard, she was knocked down. But, prosecutors say it wasn’t Payne who committed this act.