Tears, hugs, and heavy emotion filled the courtroom Friday afternoon as a jury delivered its decision in the murder trial of ...

The jury deliberated for about eight hours Friday in the trial of 17-year-old Johnell Smith in the shooting death of Danny ...

Testimony in Smith’s trial began Monday with prosecution witnesses. They included Danny Taylor’s parents and Rock Island ...

A Rock Island County jury found Johnell Smith III guilty on one count of first-degree murder and one count of home invasion ...

Danny Taylor was shot on April 14, 2023, at his home. Johnell Smith III is one of two facing murder charges in relation to ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - The second day of trial is underway for Johnell Smith, one of three people charged in the 2023 shooting death of 17-year-old Danny Taylor. On Tuesday, jurors heard ...

A suburban man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting that took place in July 2024 on Chicago's West Side.

Investigators think his assailants intended a robbery. Johnell Smith III, now 17, address unavailable, faces two counts of first-degree murder and a count of home invasion as an adult, court ...