Vigilante duo sentenced to decades in prison for killing N.J. teen involved in robbery spree

A pair of vigilantes who shot and killed a teenager they believed was involved in a robbery spree have been sentenced to decades in prison.

Felicia Bynum, 51, and James Headen, 33, both of Newark, were convicted last year of first-degree murder, conspiracy and weapons charges in the death of 17-year-old Kiman Mays of Newark, and the wounding of a 29-year-old man.

Bynum and Headon opened fire Aug. 17, 2023, on an SUV involved in a robbery spree, a car crash, and a shootout in Newark, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II…

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