Accused Killers Face Death Penalty
February 26, 2010 by: Jim Lovel
The four men accused of killing two UCA students on campus 16 months ago will face the death penalty at their trial this summer, according to published reports.
They are each charged with two counts of capital murder. They are accused of driving onto the campus Oct. 26, 2008, and fatally shooting Ryan Henderson, 18, of Little Rock and Chavares Block, 19, of Dermott outside Arkansas Hall. Martrevis Norman of Blytheville was wounded in the shooting. Norman is not a UCA student.
Accused killer Brandon Wade
The trial is scheduled for June 14 in Faulkner County Circuit Court in Conway. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for May 14.
The four men are Mario Lavelle Toney, 21, of Little Rock; Kawin Jerod Brockman, 20, of Conway; Kelcey S. Perry, 20, of Morrilton, and Brandon Ricardo Wade, 21, of Lake Village. Prosecutors plan to try all four together.
You can read more about the shooting here. You can contribute to a memorial fund honoring Henderson and Block here.
Good.
Why?
Because chances are they won’t actually get the death penalty, but this will have them shakin’ in their proverbial boots for the next few months. Maybe they can make peace with themselves… though that’s a long shot.