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Ex-Convict Found Guilty in Kansas Slayings
November 24, 2004, 9:53 PM EST
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A man was convicted Wednesday in a killing spree prosecutors said began as retaliation for the robbery and beating of his mother.
Darrell Lamong Stallings, 34, was found guilty of five counts of capital murder, one count of attempted murder and other charges stemming from the June 2002 rampage. Another Kansas City man, 28-year-old Errik Harris, faces the same charges; a trial date has not been set.
Prosecutors said Stallings fatally shot Trina Jennings, 26, who was seven months pregnant, and wounded Anthony Jennings to avenge what Stallings believed were their roles in the robbing and beating of his mother two mo
nths earlier. Prosecutors said the three other victims were kille
d because they were witnesses.
Defense attorneys argued Stallings suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
Testimony included a recording of a jail interview Stallings gave by telephone to KCTV in which he said he had snapped the morning of the rampage, and that he didn't set out to kill anyone. He claimed he began shooting in self-defense and that some of his victims were struck in the melee.
Stallings was paroled less than a year before the shootings after serving 12 years for two second-degree murder convictions and aggravated assault related to a botched drug deal in which two people were killed and two others wounded.
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Ex-Convict Found Guilty in Kansas Slayings
November 24, 2004, 9:53 PM EST
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A man was convicted Wednesday in a killing spree prosecutors said began as retaliation for the robbery and beating of his mother.
Darrell Lamong Stallings, 34, was found guilty of five counts of capital murder, one count of attempted murder and other charges stemming from the June 2002 rampage. Another Kansas City man, 28-year-old Errik Harris, faces the same charges; a trial date has not been set.
Prosecutors said Stallings fatally shot Trina Jennings, 26, who was seven months pregnant, and wounded Anthony Jennings to avenge what Stallings believed were their roles in the robbing and beating of his mother two mo
nths earlier. Prosecutors said the three other victims were kille
d because they were witnesses.
Defense attorneys argued Stallings suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
Testimony included a recording of a jail interview Stallings gave by telephone to KCTV in which he said he had snapped the morning of the rampage, and that he didn't set out to kill anyone. He claimed he began shooting in self-defense and that some of his victims were struck in the melee.
Stallings was paroled less than a year before the shootings after serving 12 years for two second-degree murder convictions and aggravated assault related to a botched drug deal in which two people were killed and two others wounded.
"Darrell Lamong Stallings" - google news search