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Attorneys presented their cases in the trial of a 19-year-old from Iowa facing charges of murdering two students at the Starts Right Here school, a facility catering to at-risk youth.

An Iowa teenager says he feared for his life when he fatally shot two fellow students at an alternative educational program for at-risk youth. The trial of  19-year-old Preston Walls began Thursday in Des Moines. His lawyer pushed back against a claim by prosecutors that the shooting was a premeditated attack on rival gang members. Walls is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder and criminal gang participation. Another teens will be tried over the Jan. 23 shooting. It ...

DES MOINES, Iowa – Jury selection is set to get underway Monday morning in the murder trial of Preston Walls. Walls, 19, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and criminal gang participation in connection to a January shooting at the education non-profit Starts Right Here. Walls is accused of shooting and […]

Preston Walls is facing two counts of first-degree murder for the January attack. Police say security footage shows him walking into a building and shooting multiple victims back in January.

A questionnaire given to jurors in May prompted the defense to request a change of venue over the shooting's publicity. It was denied this week.

The man charged with killing two students and injuring the founder of the educational outreach program in January is asking for a change of venue for his upcoming trial.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Hope+Elim Church will be full of people singing the sounds of freedom Monday. It’s hosting a Juneteenth celebration on the day we celebrate the abolishment of slavery. Hope+Elim Pastor Brian Brown said the ceremony includes several performances from across the community. Starts Right Here founder Will Keeps will be singing Lift Every […]

The graduation comes just months after two Starts Right Here students were killed in a shooting in January.

The founder of the Starts Right Here educational program in Des Moines says the students are resilient as they graduated after a recent deadly shooting.

The parents of Rashad Carr and Gionni Dameron say Starts Right Here and founder William Holmes were negligent in failing to prevent the shooting.