Teen convicted for gang-affiliated school shooting that killed two people
Des Moines, IA – A 19-year-old Iowa resident, Preston Walls, was convicted of second-degree murder and manslaughter on Thursday in connection with the shooting deaths of two students at a Des Moines alternative school earlier this year. Initially, Walls had been charged with first-degree murder, but the jury’s decision to convict him on lesser charges suggests they accepted his defense that he acted out of fear for his own life. Walls was implicated in the …