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6 hours ago
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26-year-old woman wanted for fatal shooting in Hart County Saturday
The Brief A 34-year-old woman, Breiana Danielle Johnson, was found shot and killed Saturday afternoon at a home in Royston, Georgia. Hart County deputies are searching for Greata Nichole Thomas, 26, who is wanted for murder and may be driving a gray 2008 Honda Accord with Alabama tags. Investigators are also working a separate homicide case on Omer Bond Road and are asking the public to avoid the area. HART COUNTY, Ga. - Hart County deputies are investigating a fatal shooting that left a 34-year-old woman dead Saturday afternoon in Royston in Hart County, which is in northeast Georgia. What we know According to the sheriff's office, deputies and emergency responders were called to a home on Barton Road around 4:49 p.m. When they arrived, they found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound. She was later pronounced dead at the scene. The victim has been identified as Breiana Danielle Johnson of Royston. Investigators are now searching for Greata Nichole Thomas, also known as Greata Nichole Mobley, in connection with the shooting. Authorities described Thomas as a 26-year-old white woman, about 5-feet 1-inch tall and weighing approximately 97 pounds. She may be driving a 2008 gray Honda Accord with Alabama tag 13ABB80. The investigation remains active, and deputies are also working a separate homicide case at a residence off Omer Bond Road. More information will be released as it becomes available. What you can do Anyone who sees the vehicle or has information on Thomas' whereabouts is urged to contact the Hart County Sheriff's Office at 706-376-3114 or call 911. Authorities warn not to approach her.
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
3 men guilty in daylight shooting that left 12-year-old boy dead
Three men were found guilty of first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with a deadly North York shooting in 2020 that claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy and injured three others. On Saturday, the jury returned for the fifth day of deliberations and found Rashawn Chambers, Jahwayne Smart and Cjay Hobbs guilty of killing Dante Sebastian Andreatta, CBC News reported. Andreatta was walking home with his mom on Nov. 7, 2020 when he was struck by a stray bullet during the shooting, which involved two vehicles in an apartment parking lot near Jane St. and Stong Court. The shooting started when two occupants of a stolen Honda Accord exited the vehicle and fired at another vehicle in the parking lot of 25 Stong Ct., according to an agreed upon statement of facts, which Crown prosecutors finished presenting to a jury when the trial opened in April 2025. MANDEL: Shooting survivor testifies 'all hell broke loose,' stray bullet killed innocent child WARMINGTON: Dante's organs saved 9 kids after his life was stolen Three people in the other vehicle were hurt, including one who was shot four times but survived. Two other occupants of the second vehicle were not struck by gunfire, the statement of facts said. They told jury members that they were there that afternoon to make a drug deal. Both approached the teens in the car to ask if one of them was the buyer. Chambers and Smart testified that they started shooting after they saw one of the teenagers pointing a gun out the window, CBC reported. The Crown had argued they were lying about the teens having a gun and there was no planned drug deal, saying the trio of men went to the area with a plan to shoot the teenagers inside the car. Thirty-six bullets were unleashed from two guns aimed at a fleeing car in the brazen daylight shooting. Four days later, on Remembrance Day at Sick Kids, the boy died of a single perforating gunshot wound to his neck. Chambers and Smart were carrying Glock 19 handguns when they were arrested.
Toronto Sun
a day ago
- Toronto Sun
3 men guilty in daylight shooting that left 12-year-old boy dead
Pictured is Dante Sebastian Andreatta, 12, who was killed by a stray bullet during a gun battle. (GO FUND ME) Three men were found guilty of first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with a deadly North York shooting in 2020 that claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy and injured three others. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account On Saturday, the jury returned for the fifth day of deliberations and found Rashawn Chambers, Jahwayne Smart and Cjay Hobbs guilty of killing Dante Sebastian Andreatta, CBC News reported. Andreatta was walking home with his mom on Nov. 7, 2020 when he was struck by a stray bullet during the shooting, which involved two vehicles in an apartment parking lot near Jane St. and Stong Court. The shooting started when two occupants of a stolen Honda Accord exited the vehicle and fired at another vehicle in the parking lot of 25 Stong Ct., according to an agreed upon statement of facts, which Crown prosecutors finished presenting to a jury when the trial opened in April 2025. Read More This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Three people in the other vehicle were hurt, including one who was shot four times but survived. Two other occupants of the second vehicle were not struck by gunfire, the statement of facts said. They told jury members that they were there that afternoon to make a drug deal. Both approached the teens in the car to ask if one of them was the buyer. A make-shift memorial for innocent 12-year-old Dante Sebastian Andreatta. JACK BOLAND/TORONTO SUN FILES Photo by Jack Boland / Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network Chambers and Smart testified that they started shooting after they saw one of the teenagers pointing a gun out the window, CBC reported. The Crown had argued they were lying about the teens having a gun and there was no planned drug deal, saying the trio of men went to the area with a plan to shoot the teenagers inside the car. Thirty-six bullets were unleashed from two guns aimed at a fleeing car in the brazen daylight shooting. Four days later, on Remembrance Day at Sick Kids, the boy died of a single perforating gunshot wound to his neck. Chambers and Smart were carrying Glock 19 handguns when they were arrested. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Toronto & GTA Toronto & GTA Ontario Columnists Sunshine Girls
Global News
a day ago
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3 Toronto men guilty of 1st-degree murder of 12-year-old boy struck by stray bullet in 2020
Three men on trial for the first-degree murder of 12-year-old Dante Andreatta, who was killed by a stray bullet while walking on Jane Street near Finch Avenue West on Nov. 7, 2020, have been found guilty. The jury also found Rashawn Chambers, Jahwayne Smart, and Cjay Hobbs guilty of five counts of attempted murder in relation to five occupants of a Honda Accord who were being shot at that day. The jury returned with it's verdict at 1 p.m. on Saturday, on its fifth day of deliberations following the five-week trial that began in April. The fatal shooting shocked the city at the time because it involved an innocent child who was walking home from a McDonald's restaurant with his mother when he was shot. In the Crown's closing arguments, assistant Crown attorney Arian Khader argued Chambers, Smart and Hobbs went to 25 Stong Ct. in a stolen vehicle, wearing masks and gloves, to commit murder. Story continues below advertisement The Crown said the fact that Smart and Chambers fired 36 rounds at the Honda Accord was powerful evidence the three accused went there to carry out a murder and called the defence theory that they were there to do a drug rip off 'far-fetched.' Khader told jurors that without Deshawn Daley's testimony about a gun, the defence would have no case. Daley, who the jury heard is in jail for a series of break and enters, testified he pointed a gun out the passenger side window of the Honda when he saw a man running towards the car. Daley said he didn't know the man but thought he saw a bulge in his sweater. He told the jury that after shots rang out, he pulled the gun in and rolled up the window. The Crown said the video evidence does not support Daley's version of events and argued Daley did not have a gun, given none of the eyewitnesses testified to seeing it. The Crown also said the gun could not have been sticking out of the window, given video surveillance showed the passenger window was fully closed. The Crown told the jury Daley should not be believed because what he said was impossible. Daley testified he is scared of people coming after him in jail, which is why the Crown said Daley gave favourable evidence to the accused, to mitigate his role in a conviction. Story continues below advertisement The Crown also argued Smart and Chambers could not have reacted as quickly as they did, letting off 18 rounds each, telling the jury this was a carefully planned and choreographed hit. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy In their closing arguments, Rashawn Chambers' lawyers Monte MacGregor and Amanda Warth argued their client did not commit first-degree murder, nor did he attempt to murder any of the occupants in the silver Honda, calling it a 'chance encounter.' Chambers testified they were drug dealers who went to Stong Court to rip off another drug dealer who believed he was buying a kilogram of cocaine for $60,000. Due to an apparent shortage of cocaine during the COVID-19 pandemic, Chambers said they were planning to give the dealer baking soda packed like a brick of cocaine instead. 'He believed his friend was shot. He believed he was going to be run down as the silver Honda raced towards him. He freaked out and lost control. He shot instinctively, grabbing the gun from his waist and firing. This whole incident lasted for seven seconds,' said MacGregor. MacGregor told the jury if they don't find self-defence applies and Chambers' actions were excessive, he can only be guilty of manslaughter. Richard Posner, Smart's lawyer, argued Smart, who has also admitted to being one of the two shooters, also acted in self-defence when he fired his gun. Posner said Smart was shot at as a 14-year-old child, when he was almost killed lying in bed, and his instinct was to fight not take flight. Story continues below advertisement Smart, also an admitted drug dealer, testified he always carried a handgun and was not carrying a gun with him to kill anyone that day. The shooting was not arbitrary, Posner told the jury, but a reaction to a Glock 26 handgun being pointed towards him. Smart and Chambers testified they got out of the car to prove to Hobbs, who was driving, the occupants of the Honda were not connected to a man named 'KD.' Hobbs had arranged for them to sell the fake cocaine to KD through another friend named Baby, but Hobbs had never met KD before and only knew he was driving a silver Nissan. Smart and Chambers told Hobbs it was the wrong make and model of car and thought the occupants looked like kids. Posner also argued the video evidence was not consistent with a planned ambush. Hobbs' lawyer Craig Zee said his client should be acquitted of all charges, arguing all three were acting in lawful self-defence when Daley pointed a loaded Glock out of the window. Zee called the Crown's theory that it was planned 'purely speculative,' and because the accused did not know the occupants of the Honda, there was no reason to target anyone involved. Zee also urged jurors to believe Daley, who never told police about the gun before because he wanted to clear his conscience. His testimony was corroborated by the three accused. Story continues below advertisement Superior Court Justice Joan Barrett said for Smart and Chambers to be found guilty of first-degree murder, the jury had to be satisfied that the Crown proved beyond a reasonable doubt the shooting was both planned and deliberate, and they had the state of mind required for murder. Barrett explained for Hobbs, who was driving, to be found guilty of first-degree murder, the Crown had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Hobbs knew Smart and Chambers intended to use their firearms, would have perceived bodily harm and drove to 25 Stong Ct. that day to assist in this deliberate act. The Crown must also have proved that he aided them knowing that one or both had the state of mind for murder, The jury did not hear that Smart had a previous conviction for manslaughter from 2013 after a fatal shooting. He was sentenced to 58 days in custody after 672 days of pre-sentence custody and a one-year conditional supervision order. Smart's manslaughter conviction was excluded after the defence successfully argued on a Corbett application. Once Barrett ruled on excluding the manslaughter conviction, Smart testified in his own defence. The jury also did not hear that Hobbs was convicted of second-degree murder for a shooting outside the Bisha Hotel on May 26, 2020. Hobbs was driving the getaway car when Dimarjio Jenkins, also known as the rapper Houdini, was fatally shot. Hobbs was sentenced in March 2024 to a life sentence with a parole ineligibility period of 15 years. Story continues below advertisement The jury also did not hear that roughly 12 hours before Dante Andreatta was shot, there was a shooting outside a motel in Brantford. No one was injured but at the time, but police described the shooting as targeted. Chambers, Smart and Hobbs were charged in relation to that shooting but the charges were later stayed. The Crown in this case did not bring an application to tender evidence of that shooting. A sentencing hearing has been set for July. First-degree murder is a mandatory life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. The issue a judge must decide on is the sentence for the five counts of attempted murder. Those sentences will run concurrent to the life sentence.
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2 days ago
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‘It's complete': Officials detail ‘chilling sequence' prior to fatal shooting
A day after ShotSpotter detected 18 gunshots in seven seconds and police found a man fatally shot, a chilling text message was sent: 'It's complete.' Three men have now been charged in connection with the Feb. 4 death of 33-year-old Mauricio Lawrence on Tennis Road in Mattapan. At about 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 4, ShotSpotter detected 18 gunshots near 35 Tennis Road. Boston police responded and found Lawrence had multiple gunshot wounds. He died while being taken by Boston EMS to Boston Medical Center. Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said the case is a 'chilling sequence of calculated actions.' About six hours before the shooting, video surveillance shows Jair Meeks, 24, entering Lawrence's place of work to record him while two others waited nearby in a Honda Accord. Once back in the car, the car's dash cam recorded Meek tell Shovan Darby, 29, of East Weymouth, and Roberto Taylor, 29, of Dorchester, what to do leading up to the shooting, the district attorney's office said. This included telling them to 'wrap [the gun] up in a bag' to 'try to catch the shells,' to put different tire rims on the Accord to alter its appearance and to use special tape to cover the license plate to make the vehicle harder to detect. Darby and Taylor followed Lawrence in the Accord when he left work, officials said. As Lawrence neared his apartment door, Taylor approached from behind and fired, officials added. Taylor returned to the car and, with Darby driving, fled the area. 'It's complete,' Darby sent Meeks in a text the next morning. 'This case presents a chilling sequence of calculated actions. It also provides an excellent example of investigators pursuing a criminal incident until every person who played a role is identified and brought forward to answer for their conduct,' Hayden said in a press release. Meeks was charged in Suffolk Superior Court with one count of accessory before the fact. He was ordered held without bail. Darby and Taylor were charged in Suffolk Superior Court with first-degree murder on May 8. Meeks, Darby, and Taylor are all due back in Suffolk Superior on June 17 for pre-trial hearings. Here's how long you can get Dunkin's new Pink Spritz refresher for just $3 Scammer told her to withdraw $20K and stop talking to her family — so she did Mass. firefighter arrested at work in connection with child sex abuse materials Mass. casino winner: Slots player bet $1.80 on jackpot spin Community Preservation Committee to hold informational meeting Read the original article on MassLive.
