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On Saturday the “Greg Gunn Event” was held on McElvy St. in Montgomery.
Friends, family, and community leaders came out to remember the life of Greg Gunn, and express frustration with the legal process in the case.
Aaron “Cody” Smith shot and killed Gunn in 2016, after a confrontation just a few feet away from Gunn’s residence.
Smith would subsequently be charged, arrested, tried, found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Less than two months after the verdict, a judge granted Smith a $300,000 appeal bond and he was released after serving 42 days behind bars.
Now the community is frustrated that Aaron Cody Smith is not behind bars.
2 arrests made in 2019 homicide in Montgomery Share Updated: 8:23 AM CDT May 1, 2021 The Associated Press
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 8:23 AM CDT May 1, 2021 The Associated Press Alabama authorities say two people are in custody in the 2019 slaying of a man in Montgomery. Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey said Wednesday that his office’s Cold Case Task Force arrested 21-year-old Si’Keris Miles and a juvenile for the July 25, 2019, death of La’Quintin Brown. Local media reports the suspects are accused of shooting Brown to death as he stepped outside his apartment to check the switch on his breaker box after losing power. Court documents indicate an attempted robbery or burglary was the motive.
2 arrested in 2019 Montgomery homicide
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Two people have been arrested in the 2019 slaying of a man in Alabama, authorities said.
Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey said Wednesday that his office’s Cold Case Task Force arrested Si’Keris Miles, 21, and a juvenile who face charges in the July 25, 2019 death of La’Quintin Brown.
The suspects are accused of shooting Brown to death as he stepped outside his apartment to check the switch on his breaker box after losing power, WSFA-TV reported.
Court documents indicate an attempted robbery or burglary was the motive.
Miles is being held on a $150,000 bond. It was unknown if he has an attorney who could speak on his behalf, and the juvenile’s name has not been released because of his age.
A group of district attorneys sent a letter to Alabama House members Wednesday, asking them to reject a medical marijuana bill ahead of an expected vote in the chamber.
The letter, signed by 23 of the state’s 42 district attorneys, calls marijuana a “gateway drug” and suggests that its use could increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, a link that most researchers have been hesitant to make.
“Marijuana is a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” the letter says. “Too many in the general public have been convinced that it is harmless. That is, perhaps, the biggest lie that is being perpetrated on the Alabama public today.”