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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 9 January 2019

2nd suspect charged in shooting death of Jazmine Barnes

By JUAN A. LOZANO, the family’s initial descrip-
Associated Press tion was sincere and the
HOUSTON (AP) — Authori- man in the red truck was
ties announced Tuesday likely a bystander who left
that a second black man the scene of the shooting.
has been charged in the Woodruffe was charged
fatal drive-by shooting of as Jazmine’s funeral took
a 7-year-old Houston black place Tuesday afternoon,
girl, whose death her fam- attended by hundreds
ily had initially believed was of people at a Houston
racially motivated. church.
The Harris County Sherriff’s Woodruffe and Black were
Office said 24-year-old Lar- both taken into custody on
ry D. Woodruffe has been Saturday. The sheriff’s office
charged with capital mur- said they identified Wood-
der in the Dec. 30 slaying of ruffe and Black as suspects
Jazmine Barnes. based on a tip from social
Authorities previously said activist and writer Shaun
that they believe Wood- King that was corroborated
ruffe was the person in by their investigation.
an SUV who fired upon While Black was charged
Jazmine and her family as on Sunday with capital
they drove to a grocery murder, Woodruffe was be-
store. The driver of the SUV, The casket of Jazmine Barnes is removed from the funeral hearse to be taken inside the Commu- ing held in the county jail
20-year-old Eric Black Jr. nity of Faith Church for a memorial service, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Houston. on a drug charge while au-
has also been charged Associated Press. thorities prepared a capi-
with capital murder. ing people they’d previ- The family had described them and activists that her tal murder charge against
Authorities say Wood- ously fought at a club hours the shooter as a white man death was a hate crime. him.
ruffe and Black mistakenly earlier when they shot at driving a red pickup truck, Harris County Sheriff Ed Court records did not list an
thought they were attack- Jazmine and her family. prompting concerns by Gonzalez said he believes attorney for Woodruffe.q

Filing: Manafort gave 2016 polling data to Russian associate

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Although the filing does in special counsel Robert
ERIC TUCKER and CHAD not say whether the poll- Mueller’s investigation and
DAY, Associated Press ing information was public has been among the cen-
WASHINGTON (AP) — For- or what was done with it, tral characters in the case,
mer Trump campaign it raises the possibility that having led the campaign
chairman Paul Manafort Russia might have used during the Republican con-
shared polling data during inside information from vention and as, U.S intel-
the 2016 presidential cam- Trump’s Republican cam- ligence officials say, Russia
paign with a business as- paign as part of its effort to was working to sway the
sociate accused of having interfere with the election election in Trump’s favor.
ties to Russian intelligence, on Trump’s behalf. Manafort has pleaded
and prosecutors say he lied The information was acci- guilty to conspiracy charg-
to them about it, accord- dentally revealed in a de- es in Washington and faces
ing to a court filing Tuesday. fense filing that was meant sentencing in a separate
The allegation marks the to be redacted. case in Virginia.
first time prosecutors have The Associated Press was “These circumstances
accused Trump’s chief able to review the material weighed heavily on Mr.
campaign aide of sharing because it wasn’t properly Manafort’s state of mind
In this May 23, 2018, file photo, Paul Manafort, President Donald information related to the blacked out. and on his memory as he
Trump’s former campaign chairman, leaves the Federal District
Court after a hearing in Washington. election with his Russian Manafort was among the was questioned at length,”
Associated Press contacts. first Americans charged the lawyers wrote. q