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Fourth involved in Campustown shooting found guilty
May 10, 2017
UPDATE: The Milwaukee man who was involved in the February drive-by shooting in Campustown that sent three people to the hospital, was found guilty Tuesday afternoon, in a trial before the judge.
Charles Laquan Smith, 20, was found guilty of accessory after the fact, an aggravated misdemeanor.
According to court documents, Story County District Court Judge Timothy J. Finn sentenced Smith, giving him credit for time served, and ordered Smith to pay court costs and restitution.
Smith, as well as Terrion Maxfield, 20, and Desmon R. Siner, 19, and Traveion D. Henry, 21, all of Milwaukee, was originally charged with two counts of attempt to commit murder, intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury.
Smith was the only member to take his case to trial.
ORIGINAL: Three of the four Milwaukee men who were allegedly involved in the February Campustown shooting that sent three people to the hospital, have pleaded guilty to lesser charges, the day before they were set to go to trial.
According to Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds, Terrion Maxfield, 20, and Desmon R. Siner, 19, each pleaded guilty to intimidation with a deadly weapon and willful injury, both of which are class C forcible felonies with mandatory prison terms.
Traveion D. Henry, 21, pleaded guilty to intimidation with a dangerous weapon (class D felony), and assault with intent to inflict serious injury (aggravated misdemeanor).
As of Tuesday afternoon, Reynolds said that Charles Smith, 20, waived his right to a jury trial and went to a trial before a judge on a charge of accessory after the fact (an aggravated misdemeanor). The judge’s verdict had not been received as of Tuesday afternoon.
Maxfield, Siner, Henry, and Smith were all originally charged with two counts of attempt to commit murder, intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury.
Henry, Siner and Smith originally pleaded not guilty on March 13; Maxfield pleaded not guilty March 9.
The shooting occurred shortly after police responded to a fight near Stanton Avenue and Chamberlain Street around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday Feb. 19. After officers separated those involved in the fight, a red car stopped and the people inside fired shots into the crowd, police said. Naronne Willie Cole Jr., 22, Antwane Gordon, 24, both of Fort Dodge, and Kyle Heaton, 22, of Ames, were all struck by gunfire, and transported to the hospital, where they were released days later.
Ames Police Sgt. Derek Grooters and Officer Clint Hertz returned fire into the car before it sped away, striking two people inside, police said.
Ames Police Cmdr. Geoff Huff said two of the suspects — Maxfield and Siner — were found in a Fort Dodge hospital, where they were being treated for gunshot wounds. They were released from the hospital and taken to Webster County Jail, before being transferred to Story County.
According to Fort Dodge Assistant Police Chief Roger Porter, after Ames Police provided a description of the vehicle, and details that linked the suspects to Iowa Central Community College, police were able to contact campus security, who located the suspects’ car in a dorm parking lot. Once it was located, Porter said officers were able to link the car to one of the suspect’s dorms, where they found Smith and Henry.
Reynolds said that the state recommends a 20-year prison sentence for both Maxfield and Siner, and that there is a joint agreement for consecutive prison sentences for seven years on Henry.
All three men have sentencing hearings set for June 23.