In a plea deal, Grayson Delong has admitted in Ontario Superior Court that disguised as a construction worker he shot Toronto criminal lawyer Randall Barrs outside his Annex office last year.

Delong pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault, disguise with intent, discharge a firearm with intent and possess a loaded firearm, reduced from the 15 charges he originally faced including attempted murder.

The Crown and defence lawyers agreed 12 years in prison — two years less than the maximum — is an appropriate sentence, but disagree on how much credit he should receive for pretrial custody.

Superior Court Justice John McMahon will impose sentence Tuesday after hearing submissions Friday about the high-profile and bizarre case. Immediately after shooting Barrs and while trying to escape, Delong was himself shot twice by Halton Regional Police undercover officers, who had him under surveillance.

Crown attorney David Boulet read into the record an agreed statement of facts that shed no new light on what was behind the Sept. 20, 2016 “carefully planned and deliberate” shooting that “targeted a member of the justice system.”

Barrs was placing items in the trunk of his car outside his Bedford Rd. office around 3:15 p.m. when he was confronted by Delong, carrying a handgun and wearing a safety vest, yellow construction helmet and a wig, Boulet said. Delong fired three shots, striking Barrs twice in the left leg. Delong ran back to his vehicle and as he pulled out of a parking spot, the gun discharged twice from inside the car, shattering the driver’s side window. That’s when an Halton officer opened fire, striking Delong in his neck and back.

The shooting was at “very close range, no warning or words were exchanged,” Boulet said. The two men were “complete strangers” and “there’s no known motive for this shooting,” the Crown attorney added.

At the time, Delong, who has a lengthy criminal record, was on bail for a break and enter and was on three separate firearms prohibition orders.

The psychological harm to Barrs and his family is significant, Boulet said.

“It’s not unreasonable for Mr. Barrs and his family to strongly believe that this was or may have been an attempt on his life and they cannot know if and when another attempt might be made.”

Barrs was not in court Friday. He declined to submit a victim impact statement, Boulet said.

Reached by the Star on Friday, Barrs said he would reserve comment until after sentencing next week. Barrs, who has said he does not know Delong, has been critical of Toronto police investigators for failing to uncover a motive and possible co-conspirators.

He’s also knocked the Special Investigations Unit investigation that cleared the Halton officer who shot Delong.

Delong, 52, declined to say anything to the court Friday, other than to say “yes” when asked if he agreed that he had not been coerced to plead guilty and that the statement of facts was true.

Defence lawyer James Miglin told the judge his client has a “positive and healthy” relationship with his adult daughter, who sat in the body of the nearly empty court, and his grandchildren. He has held several blue collar jobs and has worked as a welder.

Delong’s guilty plea to the reduced charge of aggravated assault acknowledges there was an intention to fire the shots but no specific intention to kill Barrs, Miglin stated.

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And while Delong admitted to shooting three rounds, the first two striking Barrs’ lower left leg, he is not admitting he fired twice from within the vehicle, the lawyer said.

After a seven day preliminary inquiry, a judge discharged Delong on the attempted murder charge. Before the plea, the Crown filed an application to challenge that decision and resurrect the attempt murder charge.