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Youths Face Grand Jury Death Inquiry
Four 16 to 19 year olds waived a hearing on first degree murder charges and were bound over to the grand jury after the shotgun death of Bobby Lee Poynter in Shelbyville. The youths from rival groups were in the same gang as Poynter and the Thurman brothers are his cousins. The shooter was a disputed transfer of a firearm during an argument. Poynter’s father Earl Poynter witnessed the incident and called it an accident. The six youths from nearby towns were tied to a funeral-viewing plan for the slain teen.
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