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Verdict: Jury finds 2024 strip club shooter guilty of murder, attempted murder
Breshawn Smith, 29, was found guilty as charged Friday of the Nov. 16, 2024 Showgirl 1 shooting, a rampage that took the life of 26-year-old Marialuz Margarita Munoz and wounded two men, Taurean Hayden and Benjamin Crance.
His charges were murder, two counts of attempted murder and criminal recklessness. Allen County prosecutors said Smith returned to the club at 3:11 a.m. with a friend, William Tolbert, driving the black Chevy Equinox that belonged to Smith's “baby mama.”

Jamie Duffy
6 days ago3 min read


Alleged strip club gunman sees friends testify in court, sort of
It was the prelude to a night of “carnage,” Chief Deputy Prosecutor Tom Chaille said Tuesday in his opening arguments in Allen Superior Court. On his return to the club, Smith is accused of firing a rifle at an innocent crowd standing outside the club just after closing, shooting to death Marialuz Margarita Munoz, 26, and wounding Taurean Hayden, a Green associate who is now deceased, and a Michigan man named Benjamin Crance.
Smith is charged with murder, two counts of at

Jamie Duffy
7 days ago4 min read


Accused strip club shooter on trial this week for 2024 homicide
Breshawn Smith is on trial this week, charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder and criminal recklessness.
The shooting occurred as people stood outside the club that was closing. Smith “left carnage,” Chaille said. “It’s a miracle more people weren’t killed that night.”

Jamie Duffy
Nov 43 min read


GUILTY: Dad found guilty of causing death of 17-month-old girl
This time around, at a second trial, hope turned to disappointment. Thursday, a jury found Allen guilty on two counts: child neglect resulting in death and aggravated battery. Both are Level 1 felonies meaning considerable prison time. On each count, he could be sentenced between 20 to 40 years.

Jamie Duffy
Jun 52 min read


'Shredded': toddler's injury was unsurvivable, pathologist says
Allen, 35, is accused of delivering a blow so hard to his 17-month-old daughter’s abdomen that her mesentery was “shredded,” Wagner said. She died early on Feb. 25, 2021.

Jamie Duffy
Jun 43 min read
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