NEWTON COUNTY – On Monday afternoon, 30-year-old Shane Alexander Robinson of Covington was discovered responsible of killing Charles Edward Stanley III over three years in the past.
The Newton County District Lawyer’s Workplace launched {that a} jury deemed that Robinson was responsible on three expenses: Felony homicide, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm in the course of the fee of a felony.
On March 5, 2022, someday between 11 p.m. and midnight, Robinson shot an AR-style firearm at a automobile that Stanley was driving alongside Harvey Wooden Drive. In response to the District Lawyer’s launch, Robinson fired the weapon 13 instances into the automobile, killing Stanley.
In response to a earlier report by The Covington Information, an arrest warrant said that Robinson “grabbed his AR-15 (rifle) and drove” from his residence to Harvey Wooden Drive to “scare” Stanley.
“When Charles was backing up, Shane admitted to firing a number of rounds on the automobile,” the 2022 warrant said. “Moreover, Shane additionally initially said that he fired rounds on the automobile because it was driving away.”
Robinson initially confronted expenses of homicide, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm in the course of the fee of a felony, unauthorized discharge of firearms inside 50 yards of the general public freeway, and reckless conduct. It isn’t clear if a few of these expenses have been dismissed.
Sentencing is about for a later date, which has not been introduced. A co-defendant’s case continues to be pending.
