Trial begins for man accused of murdering two black men, shooting at black familyâs home in 2017
Opening arguments begin in trial of accused racially motivated killer Kenneth Gleason By Austin Kemker | April 15, 2021 at 7:06 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 7:06 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The trial began for Kenneth Gleason, the Baton Rouge man charged with two counts of first-degree murder and who is accused of shooting into a familyâs home just days before.
Kenneth Gleason is accused of murdering Bruce Cofield on Sept. 12, 2017. Cofield was suffering from homelessness at the time, and Donald Smart on Sept. 14, 2017 as he was walking to work.
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Kenneth Gleason, 27, is accused of shooting and killing a homeless man named Bruce Cofield on September 12, 2017 in addition to gunning down Donald Smart, a long-time and well-known employee of Baton Rouge s Louie s Cafe, on September 14.
He was also arrested in connection with a September 11, 2017 shooting that occurred at the home of the only Black family on his street, Sandy Ridge Drive.
This shooting, classified as an attempted-murder, did not injure the two men who were home when the shots were fired.