GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Kent County jury has found Dominike Sterling guilty in a deadly shooting that happened more than two years ago on the city’s Southeast Side.
Sterling faced multiple charges, including first-degree murder, in the death of Darryl Yarber, who was killed on Nov. 6, 2023.
Closing statements came Thursday afternoon. The jurors deliberated about 90 minutes. In addition to murder, jurors found Sterling guilty of multiple weapons offenses. He faces life in prison.
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In a statement released to News 8 Thursday, Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker called Sterling an “extremely dangerous individual” and said his office was “very happy with this verdict, which will remove him from the streets of Kent County.”
Authorities say Sterling walked up to Yarber, who was in a parked car, and shot him multiple times. At an earlier court hearing, a witness testified that Sterling and another man were upset at Yarber after learning he allegedly “ratted” Sterling out in a 2017 bank robbery.
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The murder trial in Kent County Circuit Court got underway Monday, with Sterling serving as his own attorney. Attorney Andrew Rodenhouse was on hand as standby counsel. In opening statements Tuesday, Sterling argued the prosecution could not prove that he was the gunman…