Iowa man convicted of killing man accused in brother s death
May 5, 2021
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WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) A jury has convicted a Waterloo man of first-degree murder in what prosecutors described as the revenge killing of another man.
Raymond Birden Jr., 22, was found guilty Tuesday in the 2018 death of 22-year-old Shavondes Martin, who was acquitted earlier that year of killing Birden’s brother in 2016, the Courier reported.
Martin had been one of three people charged with the 2016 drive-by shooting of Birden’s brother, Otavious Brown. While Martin was acquitted, Doncorrion Spates was found guilty of murder and other counts in Brown s death.