» Retrial Turns Life Sentence into Acquittal

Nearly three years after Christopher Brown was convicted in a fatal Glen Oaks shooting, jurors acquitted the defendant of all charges in a retrial that concluded June 11.

Brown, 25, was previously found guilty of first-degree murder, firearm use in a violent crime, having a handgun on his person, and possessing an illegal firearm as a minor. He was sentenced to life in prison and an additional 15 years.

Brown and his friend, 26-year-old Daran Horton, were accused of shooting 31-year-old Cordelle Bruce multiple times after a drug deal gone wrong on the 1100 block of E. Belvedere Avenue…

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