MARTINEZ — A 52-year-old man was convicted of first diploma homicide within the 2022 taking pictures dying of a Richmond resident, courtroom information present.
Kendrick Woods was convicted of homicide and use of a firearm within the April 6, 2022 killing of 60-year-old Melvin Stewart. Police say Woods taunted Stewart earlier than pulling the set off however the precise motive is unknown.
Woods argued at trial that police acquired the flawed man. He’s awaiting sentencing in late March, information present.
Stewart was shot and killed round 7:30 p.m. on April 6, on the five hundred block of South twelfth Avenue. He was struck a number of instances inside a automobile and died earlier than police acquired there, authorities stated.
Woods was arrested roughly two months after the homicide, in Arkansas.
