-- A white Louisiana man has received a life sentence for the apparently random killing of a Black man in a park. He also is accused of killing another Black man at a bus stop and firing into the home of a Black family as part of a string of attacks that police said may have been racially motivated. Kenneth Gleason was found guilty of first-degree murder in April for the killing of Donald Smart, The Advocate reported. Evidence was presented during the trial that Gleason fired gunshots through the front door of the only Black family that lived on the same suburban street as him and his parents. That meant the only sentence that could be imposed on Gleason’s first-degree murder conviction was a mandatory life term.

Source: ABC News August 24, 2021 16:41 UTC