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Teen charged with two murders appears in Gaston court
Michael Tyler Walters, 18, appeared at Gaston County Courthouse on Mari etta Street with attorney Mark Keeney, as he faced two counts of first degree murder and remained jailed without bond. The incident happened after a Friday night gunfight near South New Hope and Lowell Bethesda roads that killed Michael Anthony Rice Jr and Jerry Len nell Richardson in a 1994 Honda Accord. Walters' sister says self defense. police say weapons were involved but details were undisclosed.
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Michael Walters
Mark Keeney
Walters
Gaston County
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Gastonia
Michael Tyler Walters
Madison
Rockingham County Bar Association
Keeney
South New Hope
Lowell Bethesda
Michael Anthony Rice Jr
Jerry Lenneil Richardson
Kings Mountain
Shannon Lombardo
the Gazette
Honda
Rice
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