Death Penalty Possible for 1 of 4 AL Killers: Alabama prosecutors are still deciding whether they will seek the death penalty against a 22-year-old man who, along with three teens, killed two men during a 2015 crime spree. Ashley Remkus of AL reports that if Joseph Conwan is convicted of killing Joshua Davis and Antonio Hernandez-Lopez, he will either be sentenced to death, if capital punishment in sought, or face life in prison without the possibility of parole. Conwan was 20 in 2015 when he and his brother Cedric Conwan, then 16, along with Cortez Mitchell and Amani Goodwin, 16 and 17 at the time, respectively, engaged in a crime spree that included several armed robberies, shootings into homes and the two fatal shootings. This week, the three teens were denied youthful offender status, which would have guaranteed they not be sentenced to more than three years. They are ineligible for the death penalty because they were juveniles at the time the crimes were committed. All four are charged with three counts of capital murder, six counts of first-degree robbery and two counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling.
MI Officer in Critical Condition After Shooting: A Wayne State University police officer was shot in the head Tuesday night while patrolling off the Detroit, Mich., campus. J.J. Gallagher, Tom Liddy and Morgan Winsor of ABC News report that Officer Collin Rose, 29, a five-year veteran of the force, was conducting a traffic stop when he sustained his injury. The nature of the stop and the events leading up to the shooting are still being investigated. Rose underwent surgery and remains in critical condition, with doctors stating that it is still too early to say if he will recover. The shooting comes just days after a violent weekend, in which four officers in three states were shot in a 24-hour period, one of them fatally. Rose is the first Wayne State University officer to be shot in 36 years.
Chattanooga School Bus Driver was in Another Crash 2 Months Ago: The man who crashed a school bus earlier this week, killing five children and injuring several more, was reportedly involved in another school bus crash two months ago. Holly Yan, Natisha Lance, Madison Park and Martin Savidge of CNN report that in September, Johnthony Walker, who received his commercial driver's license in April, was driving around a blind curve when he sideswiped another vehicle after failing to yield, though there were no injuries and only minor damage to both vehicles. Walker was driving with 37 children on board his school bus on Monday afternoon when he swerved off the road and plowed into a tree. The crash killed five children and a dozen others remain hospitalized, some with serious head and spinal injuries. Walker was allegedly driving well above the posted speed limit, and his blood sample has been sent to the state lab for testing. He faces five counts of vehicular homicide and charges of reckless endangerment and reckless driving. The bus company that hired him, Durham School Services, is under intense scrutiny.
MI Officer in Critical Condition After Shooting: A Wayne State University police officer was shot in the head Tuesday night while patrolling off the Detroit, Mich., campus. J.J. Gallagher, Tom Liddy and Morgan Winsor of ABC News report that Officer Collin Rose, 29, a five-year veteran of the force, was conducting a traffic stop when he sustained his injury. The nature of the stop and the events leading up to the shooting are still being investigated. Rose underwent surgery and remains in critical condition, with doctors stating that it is still too early to say if he will recover. The shooting comes just days after a violent weekend, in which four officers in three states were shot in a 24-hour period, one of them fatally. Rose is the first Wayne State University officer to be shot in 36 years.
Chattanooga School Bus Driver was in Another Crash 2 Months Ago: The man who crashed a school bus earlier this week, killing five children and injuring several more, was reportedly involved in another school bus crash two months ago. Holly Yan, Natisha Lance, Madison Park and Martin Savidge of CNN report that in September, Johnthony Walker, who received his commercial driver's license in April, was driving around a blind curve when he sideswiped another vehicle after failing to yield, though there were no injuries and only minor damage to both vehicles. Walker was driving with 37 children on board his school bus on Monday afternoon when he swerved off the road and plowed into a tree. The crash killed five children and a dozen others remain hospitalized, some with serious head and spinal injuries. Walker was allegedly driving well above the posted speed limit, and his blood sample has been sent to the state lab for testing. He faces five counts of vehicular homicide and charges of reckless endangerment and reckless driving. The bus company that hired him, Durham School Services, is under intense scrutiny.
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