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The three-judge panel ruled District Judge Patrick Tott should not have allowed prosecutors to admit a rap video and photos found on a co-defendants phone as evidence at trial because

Another person involved in the fatal shooting had already been sentenced to prison.

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A 21-year-old man has been sentenced prison for his role in the death outside a Sioux City bar last May. Lawrence Canady was sentenced Friday to 16 years for voluntary

A 21-year-old man has been sentenced prison for his role in the death outside a Sioux City bar last May. Lawrence Canady was sentenced Friday to 16 years for voluntary manslaughter and other counts in the death of 22-year-old Martez Harrison. The judge also revoked Canady's probation from an earlier case and added five years to the sentence. Prosecutors said Canady and Harrison fought outside Uncle Dave's Bar and when Harrison fell, another man shot him twice while Canady continued to ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge has denied a 17-year-old’s request to be tried as a juvenile in the fatal shooting of man in downtown Sioux City in May. Dwight Evans, 17, will be tried as an adult on charges of first-degree murder, going armed with intent and two drug counts, the Sioux City Journal reported .

1:41 The head of Sioux City’s NAACP reflects on the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd. “We have seen change that people are talking about, but I don’t know we can put our teeth into it, because things are still happening.” That is Ike Rayford who is talking about incidents involving injustice against Black men across the country. He say accountability is important and is happening in the case surrounding Officer Dereck Chauvin convicted in the murder of  George Floyd an...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A teenager charged with first-degree murder and other counts in...

Police: 2 arrested, charged in Sioux City shooting death May 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two people have been arrested in the killing of a man who was shot after he came to the aid of his girlfriend, who was being attacked by one of the suspects, police in Sioux City said. Martez Harrison, 22, of Sioux City, died after being shot in the chest across the street from a downtown Sioux City bar, the Sioux City Journal reported. Police later arrested a 17-year-old Dwight E...

The man has been "tentatively identified" as Lawrence Canady, 73, the coroner’s office said. He lived in the 700 block of State Street.