Suspect in Des Moines school shooting acquitted of homicide charges
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Bravon Tukes, 20, has been acquitted of first-degree murder and attempted murder charges stemming from a shooting at an alternative school in Des Moines.
The decision came about a month after jurors found Preston Walls, 19, guilty of second-degree murder, manslaughter and willful injury causing serious injury for his role in the Jan. 23 shooting at the Starts Right Here program. Prosecutors also had sought to convict Walls of first-degree murder.
As the judge read the not guilty verdicts, Tukes hugged one of his attorneys.
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