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A 24-year-old Conway man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to killing his stepfather, retired Conway police officer James Odell Cochran, according to the 15th Circuit Solicitor鈥檚 Office.

Eric Kwajae-Mikhail Faulk pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the March 2020 shooting, the solicitors鈥� office news release said. Judge Craig Brown sentenced him to 20 years in prison, and Faulk must serve at least 85% of the sentence before he鈥檚 eligible for parole.聽

Faulk鈥檚 mother called 911 on March 5, 2020 to report that her son was acting strange, and told the 911 operator she had reason to believe Faulk had 鈥渄one something to his stepfather,鈥� the solicitor鈥檚 office said, adding that when police arrived, they found the 65-year-old Cochran鈥檚 body in a shed behind their house. He had been shot multiple times and Faulk had fled in Cochran鈥檚 vehicle.聽

The U.S. Marshals Service and Horry County police arrested Faulk on April 1, 2020.聽

Cochran, a 38-year veteran of the Conway Police Department retired as lieutenant. Assistant solicitor Christopher Helms, who prosecuted the case, said the shooting was domestic in nature and not related to his police work. The solicitor鈥檚 office noted that Cochran鈥檚 sister said the only part of police work her brother didn鈥檛 like was carrying a gun.

鈥淭he most tragic part about this case was that Mr. Cochran served the community in a dangerous capacity for almost 40 years and simultaneously raised the defendant like his own son,鈥� Helms said in a statement included with the news release. 鈥淭here does not appear to be any rational explanation for what the defendant did here.鈥�

The solicitor鈥檚 office said neighbors and witnesses who spent time in the area where the murder happened told officers that in the days leading up to the fatal shooting, Faulk could be seen walking the street while talking to himself and sometimes carrying a weapon, but a court-ordered evaluation found him competent to stand trial.