A 16-year-old from Stowe Township walked out of an Allegheny County courtroom a free man on Thursday, after a jury acquitted Cy-Miar Amari Woods in the shooting death of 26-year-old Michael Dean. Jurors found Woods not guilty of criminal homicide and a firearms charge, and the remaining counts against him were dismissed, leaving co-defendants and investigators to figure out what comes next in a case that is still very much alive.
Jury Verdict And Charges Woods Faced
Court records show Woods had been indicted in 2024 on a slate of charges that included criminal attempted burglary, conspiracy, and tampering with evidence, according to WPXI. The jury ultimately cleared him of criminal homicide and the gun-possession count, and the rest of the charges…..