A judge will not move a murder case of 17-year-old to juvenile court as his lawyers requested. Judge cites lack of time and resources for rehabilitation because teen will turn 18 in about nine months.
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.