The jury deliberated for approximately 35 minutes before they acquitted Kyre O. Fisher, 21, of the charge that he shot a woman outside his house in January 2022.
The state sought a 35-year sentence in exchange for Ryan O. Mason’s guilty plea and testimony against Erion Davis-Murdock, who a jury convicted in September of personally firing the World
The state still charged the defendant with armed violence because he had a gun at the same time he possessed more than 100 grams of cannabis, which required him to
“This was committed in such a brutal manner … a shockingly horrific way to shoot a friend in the back of the head to steal his gun. It’s numbing, mind-blowing,”