Articles Tagged: Murder

A jury convicted a Cedar Rapids man of first-degree murder and other charges for fatally shooting a DoorDash delivery driver over a past conflict. The jury deliberated just over four hours.

Cameron Leonard, taking the stand in his own defense, said he was protecting himself and his brother when he fatally shot Myron Snyder, a DoorDash delivery driver on Oct. 5, 2023. He said he didn’t intend to mislead police. It was just his best recollection of events.

A police investigator said Cameron Leonard’s two interviews with police were inconsistent about the night he fatally shot a DoorDash driver who had delivered food to his brother. Leonard said the shooting stemmed from an earlier conflict over their sister.

Cedar Rapids police testified Thursday about the crime scene and evidence found outside a northeast side apartment complex Oct. 5, 2023, when they discovered a DoorDash delivery driver and customer fatally shot, and another man with severe gunshot injuries.

A 21-year-old DoorDash driver was “ambushed, surrounded and slaughtered” on Oct. 5, 2023, a prosecutor said during his opening in Cameron Leonard’s first-degree murder trial in Linn County District Court. Victim’s mother testifes she heard gunshots while talking to her son.

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A Linn County jury deliberated about four hours Wednesday before finding Denzel Wilson guilty of first-degree murder. He faces life in prison without parole. The jury did acquit him of going armed with intent.

A psychologist testifies how the mental status of Denzel Wilson affected his decision to fatally shoot Kenyauta Vesey-Keith on June 11, 2023. A rebuttal witness said Wilson told her he shot Vesey-Keith for revenge.

Denzel Wilson, on trial for first-degree murder, testified Monday he felt threatened by Kenyauta Vesey-Keith at a bar and shot him because he saw Vesey-Keith reaching for a gun in his waistband or pocket.

She hadn’t wanted to go out, night seemed ‘off’

A prosecutor, in his opening, said Kenyauta Vesey-Keith was fatally shot in 2023 over rival gang “animosity” that has continued since 2016 when Vesey-Keith killed another man during a street fight. Denzel Wilson is on trial this week for first-degree murder.

An Indiana man was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Tommy Curry, 31, of Iowa City, in 2021. Prosecutors said it was revenge killing.

A Marion man wants his confession tossed out because investigators violated his rights. Investigators didn’t read his rights until 40 minutes into his statement, according to motion to suppress.

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.

Appeals court upholds life sentence with 25 year mandatory minimum for Jeremy Goodale in “heinous” killing of Fairfield High Spanish teacher’s with a baseball bat.