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Trial Opens in Motel 6 Killing Case in Lawrence
After a two day jury selection, opening statements in the Lawrence murder trial described four men from Kansas City and Kansas City Kansas involved in a fatal shooting at Motel 6. Prosecutors say Tyrone Carvin Ramone Singleton and Shawn Smith killed Cameron Hooks during an armed robbery attempt. Defense questions inconsistent survivor accounts and motives. Bond set at one million each as witnesses testified in the courtroom of Judge Sally Pokorny.
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Douglas County
Sally Pokorny
Tyrone J. Carvin
Kansas City
Kan
Ramone Singleton
Shawn K. Smith
Hooks
Topeka
Dr. Rieg
Cameron Hooks
Kansas
Rieg
Forrest Lowry
Singleton
Lowry
Lenexa
Dominck Frye
Mathaniel Squirrel
Tanner Marlow
Oak Park Mall
Overland Park
Lawrence
Motel 6
Squirrel
LaRoyce Thomas
Thomas
Carvin
Smith
Massachusetts Street
Kansas Turnpike
Calvin
University of Kansas
Michael Clarke
Gary Long
Lawrence Police Department
Brian Wonderly
Wonderly