GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Five teens will remain behind bars for Grand Rapids’ first murder of 2019.
The emotions in a downtown Grand Rapids courtroom Wednesday were overwhelming for those who knew and loved James King, 17, a kid who was described as happy and friendly. He wasshot Jan. 13while being robbed in a parking lot.
The five teens who had various levels of involvement in the crime stood together as King’s family addressed them.
“I feel they all should get life. They did the crime together so they should do the time together,” Michaela Lauderdale, one of King’s cousins, said.
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