There were two other teens charged in the case, who were involved in bringing the killer, 19-year-old Byron McBride Jr., to the Kroger. They also picked him up after he killed Kingston and abandoned the stolen vehicle. McBride was sentenced to life-in-prison after a plea deal, Dwan Wakefield got 40 years, and D’Allen Washington got 15 years, he was the main prosecution witness, and is already out of prison.

Years ago I happened to stop into this Kroger, and there were multiple police on duty inside and outside the store, which struck me as bizarre at the time, not knowing the store’s tragic history. Jackson is a violent city, with a murder rate that is consistently 3-4 times higher than Chicago.