Sledgehammer slaying of homeless man brings pair prison

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Two construction workers who used sledgehammers to fatally beat a homeless man are heading to prison for what was described as a prolonged, brutal assault peppered with pleas for mercy.

Lashaun Keith begged for his life as the two, after a night of drinking, pounded away with sledgehammers “to teach him a lesson,” court records show.

Keith, 33, was living beneath a bridge undergoing repair work near Kalamazoo’s Wings Event Center in 2022.

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That is where his assailants, Zachary S. Trainor and Bryan C. Wimbley, first encountered him, court records show…

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