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For the last two decades, Moore has been defined by its resilience in the face of tragedy, from extreme tornadoes, to the more recent heart wrenching loss of three students
Gun violence is a problem that is not going away. It impacts our schools and communities every day in many terrible ways. We need change.
By Jamie Berry | Transcript Staff Writer Jun 30, 2021 Kyle Lloyd Photo Provided Emotions were high Wednesday afternoon after a Moore police officer who fatally hit a Moore High School senior in 2019 was sentenced in Cleveland County District Court. After hearing arguments from both sides and statements from victim Emily Gainesâ mother and Officer Kyle Ray Lloyd, District Judge Jeff Virgin sentenced Lloyd to 18 years in prison, with nine years suspended. The sentence means Lloyd will serve nine years on probation. Lloyd, 36, was charged Jan....
A jury rendered a guilty verdict Friday for Max Townsend, the man accused of hitting a group of cross country runners, killing three, in February 2020 outside Moore High School.Townsend was found guilty on three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a fatality and four counts of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in injury.It's the verdict the families of those cross country runners hoped for after grieving the loss of Yuridia Martinez, Rachel Freeman and Kolby Crum for more than a year."I just feel a huge weight lifted off ...
Kyle Phillips / The Transcript Moore High School students embrace during a vigil Feb. 4, 2020, at Moore High School for the students killed and injured in a hit-and-run incident that occurred by Moore High School. Max Townsend was found guilty of all counts, including second-degree murder, related to the hit-and-run that took the lives of three Moore High runners in 2020. Kyle Phillips / The Transcript Cleveland County deputies escort Max Townsend out of Judge Walkley's courtroom Friday. A jury found him guilty of all counts, including three second-degree murder charges, Friday related to a M...