On the second day of testimony in a Lawrence teenager's trial in a fatal shooting, another teen said he was "99% sure" he saw the defendant fire the gun, and a forensic pathologist said the 14-year-old victim was hit in the heart.
The teenager on trial in Douglas County District Court is 18-year-old Derrick Del Reed, who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Kamarjay Shaw, 14, of ...
Story updated at 6:27 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2024:
A Douglas County jury viewed police body camera footage on Wednesday of a dying boy after he had been shot in the back and as an officer attempted to render aid.
The video is part of the trial of Derrick Del Reed, 18, of Lawrence, who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Kamarjay Shaw, 14, of Lawrence, on March 18, 2023.
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Two of the six people charged with obstruction in connection with a Lawrence teen's shooting death have been convicted, and one of them has been ordered by the court not to be part of a street gang, according to court records.
All of the charges relate to the 2023 shooting death of Kamarjay Shaw, 14, of Lawrence, in which 18-year-old Derrick Del Reed is standing trial on a first-degree murder charge this week. ...
Dozens of Douglas County residents were subjected to numerous questions on Monday about the justice system and what they know about a murder case involving the death of a 14-year-old boy as part of the jury selection process began for the teen accused of shooting him.
The teen, Derrick Del Reed, 18, of Lawrence is charged with one felony count of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of ...
A man who was stabbed four times testified on Monday in Douglas County District Court that he doesn’t know why he was attacked by a coworker in January 2023.
That coworker is Dimas Bencomo Bustamante, 35, who faces one count of attempted second-degree murder in connection with an incident on Jan. 31, 2023, in the 1100 block of East 25th Terrace in Lawrence, as the Journal-World reported. During Bustamante’s ...
At the campsite where Crystal White was found fatally stabbed last month, dozens of members of her family served a meal for unhoused residents on Friday and called for justice — both through the criminal justice system and through better conditions for Lawrence's homeless population.
White was found dead on her 51st birthday, Feb. 22, at an unsanctioned encampment near the city-supported campsite for the ...
