CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - An 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting one man and wounding another teenager has been acquitted by a jury in Cedar Rapids.
The jury found Kenyauta Vesey-Keith not guilty Friday of first-degree murder, attempted murder and other crimes.
Prosecutors say the March 2016 shooting was proceeded by a Cedar Rapids street fight involving more than a dozen people. They said Vesey-Keith retrieved a gun from a vehicle and fired several times, hitting 21-year-old Brandon Johnson , who died, and a 16-year-old boy.
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His lawyers say Vesey-Keith was acting in self-defense. He was 16 at the time.
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