ST. LOUIS (AP) - A 19-year-old man has been acquitted of killing and attempting to rob a suburban St. Louis teenager.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that jurors found Montrell Jeffery, of Berkeley, not guilty Tuesday of second-degree murder, attempted robbery and two counts of armed criminal action. Authorities alleged that Jeffery tried to rob 17-year-old Trevon Chapple of a handgun and then shot him in January 2016. Chapple, of Spanish Lake, still had a gun on him when his body was found.
Another man testified that he witnessed the shooting. Other evidence included a video that was posted to Facebook a few hours before the shooting of the three men singing and rapping together.
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Jeffery’s attorney argued that the state’s case was weak and relied on a witness who had a credibility problem.
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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, https://www.stltoday.com
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