Snapchat messages by Lawrence boy's alleged shooter contained racial slurs, violence …

Share this post or save for later The same day a 14-year-old Lawrence boy was killed, his alleged shooter had been using social media to send messages full of racial slurs and insinuating violence, according to testimony.  Prosecutors presented Snapchat records Monday during a preliminary hearing for Derrick Reed, 18, who is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing Kamarjay Shaw, 14, on March 18. Advertisement According to previous testimony, Kamarjay and four teen boys around 5 p.m. that Saturday were at the apartment of a teen female friend and her sister, just around the corner from Reed’s home. Another teen girl called one of the boys via Snapchat audio and told him to come outside because Reed wanted to fight him, according to testimony.  Contributed photo Kamarjay Shaw and his mother The group went outside, assuming it was going to be a one-on-one fist fight between Reed and Kamarjay or one of the other boys. The boys testified that they were trying to get Reed to come out to the street to fight, but Reed refused, instead trying to get the other boys to come into the house or backyard, which they refused to do. The boys were
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