Baynon Berry, of Marion, is sentenced up to 50 years in prison for his role in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Michael McCune in Cedar Rapids on Feb. 18, 2023. The Marion teen was the last of the four sentenced on Monday. The judge imposed no mandatory minimum to serve before being eligible for parole.
The big brother of 16-year-old Michael McCune, who was targeted by four juveniles and fatally shot in 2023, said during a sentencing hearing Monday it’s not fair that he can only look at a gravestone, instead of seeing his brother’s smile that “lit up a room.”
A Maquoketa teen who conspired with three other teens to kill 16-year-old Michael McCune in Cedar Rapids in February 2023, was sentenced to 32 years in prison. There is no mandatory minimum.
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids teen, after turning down two previous plea agreements, accepted one Tuesday, admitting he planned with three other teens to kill 16-year-old Michael Alexander McCune in 2023.
A Cedar Rapids teen — accused of planning with three other teens to kill 16-year-old Michael Alexander McCune in 2023 — turned down a plea offer Friday for the second time
A 19-year-old Maquoketa man pleaded to theft and conspiracy charges for his participation in the fatal shooting of Michael McCune, 16, of Cedar Rapids, on Feb. 18, 2023. He faces up to 32 years in this case and a separate theft conviction.
Tramontez Lockett, 18, of Cedar Rapids, will be the third teen to plead in the fatal shooting of Michael McCune, 16, of Cedar Rapids, on Feb. 18, 2023. His plea hearing is set for next week.
Baynon Berry, now 17, pleads to second-degree murder for fatally shooting Michael McCune, 16, on Feb. 18, 2023 in northwest Cedar Rapids. He conspired with three others to kill McCune over past rival gang and state training school conflicts, prosecutors said.
Tramontez Lockett, 18, had messaged and arranged for Michael McCune, 16, to meet Feb. 18, 2023, at the Tan Tara Apartments in Cedar Rapids. McCune didn’t know Lockett had planned with three others to fatally shoot him that night because of past conflicts.
Kiana McCune recounts hearing gunshots outside her apartment the day her 15-year-old son, Michael McCune, was fatally shot in a “targeted” attack on Feb. 18. in Cedar Rapids. She told a judge, during one of the teen’s juvenile adjudication hearing, that she “died that day with my son.”
One of the teens accused of fatally shooting 16-year-old Michael Alexander McCune in Cedar Rapids in February is asking a judge to move his first-degree murder and a theft case to juvenile court, but his previous juvenile court officer said it wasn’t in the “best interest” of the teen or the community.
Four teens accused of fatally shooting Michael McCune, 16, of Cedar Rapids, in February are moving through the juvenile and adult court justice system. One has pleaded guilty, one wants to go back to juvenile court and two have trials scheduled.
The trial for 16-year-old Baynon Berry, charged in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Michael McCune, is set for Dec. 5 in Linn County. A prosecutor said Friday a plea offer has been made but not accepted at this time. She did not provide details about the offer.
A 15-year-old admitted to fatally shooting Michael McCune in February at Tan Tara Apartments in northwest Cedar Rapids. He pleaded as a youthful offender, meaning his sentencing will be delayed until he turns 18. He will be placed in a juvenile facility until that time.
A judge set a $2 million bail for a 15-year-old charged in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Michael McCune in February. He is being prosecuted as a youthful offender, which delays his sentencing until he turns 18.
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