Witness testifies about seeing 14-year-old friend shot; Snapchat messages show defendant …

photo by: Chris Conde/Journal-World Derrick Del Reed is pictured at his preliminary hearing in Douglas County District Court on Aug. 14, 2023. Reed is charged with murder in the shooting death of 14-year-old Kamarjay Shaw outside of Reed’s home on March 18, 2023. A Douglas County judge on Monday began hearing evidence to determine whether a teenager will stand trial for the murder of a 14-year-old boy, including testimony from a teenager who provided an eyewitness account of the shooting and Snapchat messages of the defendant repeatedly using the N-word and threatening to kill. The witness took the stand Monday at the preliminary hearing of Derrick Del Reed, 18, who is charged with one count of first-degree murder for allegedly shooting Kamarjay Shaw, of Lawrence, on March 18 in the 1300 block of Maple Lane. Shaw is Black, and Reed is white. Reed, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, is being tried as an adult. The prosecution first called a 17-year-old boy who said he had been with Shaw since about noon that day. The boy said that he and a group of friends were at an apartment near Reed’s house in the 1300 block of Maple
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