ST. LOUIS — A man accused of shooting a bystander at a Cherokee Street celebration in May 2023 was cleared of all charges Thursday.
A jury found 36-year-old Darion Benton not guilty of first-degree assault and armed criminal action.
Prosecutors argued that cell phone video showed Benton pulling a pistol from his waistband and aiming it towards a crowd, firing at a man and inadvertently hitting a bystander…