Murder of Robert Williams

15 years given in murder
May 26, 2007
LaTonia Coleman has been waiting for this day for more than a year. “My family still lives with the loss every day, as if it were yesterday,” she told a Douglas County District Court judge Friday afternoon. “The pain is dramatic.”
6News video: Rashawn Anderson to spend over 15 years in jail for shooting
May 25, 2007
A judge orders a Topeka man to spend more than 15 years in prison for a shooting outside a Lawrence nightclub that killed one man and injured another.
Topekan guilty in downtown murder
April 21, 2007
A 20-year-old Topeka man was convicted Friday evening of second-degree murder and aggravated battery for a February 2006 downtown Lawrence shooting that killed 46-year-old Robert Earl Williams and injured another man.
Jury finds defendant guilty for Granada shooting
April 20, 2007
A jury finds a Topeka man guilty in a shooting in downtown Lawrence that claimed one man’s life and injured another.
Jury finds Anderson guilty in Granada shooting
11:20 a.m., April 20, 2007 Updated 06:18 p.m.
Jurors have heard all the testimony in the murder trial of a Topeka man accused of shooting and killing one man and injuring another Feb. 5, 2006, in downtown Lawrence.
Girlfriend: Suspect admitted shootings
April 20, 2007
Days after a downtown Lawrence shooting in February 2006, a Topeka man spoke of shooting two people and killing one of them, his girlfriend testified Thursday. Rashawn Anderson also threatened to harm her and her family, DeShayla Johnson said during the third day of Anderson’s murder trial in Douglas County District Court.
Granada shooting suspect talked about shooting to girlfriend after incident
April 19, 2007
The man accused of the fatal shooting outside the Granada in February of 2006 talked about the incident after it happened, according to testimony by his girlfriend.
Witness identifies defendant as gunman
Investigators connect bullets with suspected murder weapon in Granada shooting trial
April 19, 2007
An eyewitness to a Feb. 5, 2006, Lawrence shooting identified the defendant - based on the jacket he wore that night - as the man who fired several shots at a Topeka man who later died.
Witness identifies Anderson as shooter
April 18, 2007
A witness to a fatal shooting outside a downtown Lawrence nightclub identifies the defendant as the gunman today in district court.
Granada shooting victim says incident was unexpected
Trial continues
April 18, 2007
Pierre Burnette, 24, testified that he didn’t remember seeing accused shooter, Rashawn Anderson, 20, Topeka, when he attended a hip-hop concert that night at the Granada, 1020 Mass. Minutes after the concert concluded, Burnette was shot, and Robert
Driver recalls ‘normal’ trip back to Topeka
April 18, 2007
The man who drove the suspect in a downtown Lawrence shooting back home to Topeka said no one in the car said anything about the incident, in which one man was killed and another injured.
Granada shooting trial begins with statements, video
April 17, 2007
Opening statements begin this morning in the trial of a man accused of murder for a shooting last year outside the Granada in downtown Lawrence.
Granada shooting trial opens today
Topeka suspect faces first-degree murder, battery charges
April 17, 2007
A trial set to begin this morning will delve into a 2006 shooting outside a local nightclub that left one man dead and sparked a debate about downtown safety.
Jury is selected for Granada shooting case
April 16, 2007
A jury is selected to hear the case of a Topeka man charged with killing one man and injuring another outside a downtown Lawrence nightclub early last year.
Trial postponed for suspect in shooting
October 14, 2006
Trial has been postponed until January for a Topeka man charged with a fatal shooting early this year outside a downtown night club.

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