The verdict is in for a woman on trial for killing two people and injuring a third in a shooting spree in Midtown Atlanta in 2022.
Raissa Kengne was found guilty but was deemed mentally ill at the time of the shootings of her former employers. Jurors deliberated for less than an hour.
Cameras were not allowed inside, but defense attorney Dwight Thomas told the judge that he believed Kengne was insane when she killed her former bosses, but he would not be representing her in a new trial.
Shortly after, Judge Shukura Ingram gave Kengne two consecutive life sentences plus an additional 50 years in prison.
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Surviving victim Michael Horne’s daughter told Fernandes that justice was served, but there were no winners.
“I think [Kengne’s family] are grieving, in a way, as well. Their family, unfortunately, are victims as well,” Allison Page said. “My heart hurts for all of them, as well. There was no winners in this.”
Kengne, 34, shot three people at the 1280 West condos and an office building at 110 Peachtree Street. Two of the victims, Michael Shinners and Wesley Freeman, died from their injuries. The other victim, Horne, was eventually released from the hospital.
Horne later died from cancer complications, though his family believe the shooting worsened his condition.