Iowa Jury Convicts Preston Walls in Starts Right Here Double Slaying
Preston Walls, a Des Moines teenager, has been convicted of manslaughter and second-degree murder for fatally shooting two fellow students at the Starts Right Here program. Walls shot and killed Rashad Carr and Gionni Dameron in January, while program founder William Holmes was seriously injured. The jury acquitted Walls of attempted murder but convicted him of willful injury causing serious injury. Walls argued that the shooting was justified as he believed Carr and Dameron planned to kill him. The jury disagreed and found Walls guilty. The community is urged to end the cycle of violence in Des Moines.