A Florida man killed his half-brother on Christmas Day because the sufferer was in search of his cellular phone throughout a go to in Illinois, prosecutors stated Thursday.
Kendall Yarborough, 28, a Tampa-area resident, was charged with two counts of first-degree homicide after the lethal taking pictures that unfolded at a house within the Chicago suburb of Naperville, DuPage County State’s Lawyer Bob Berlin stated in a press release.
“On Christmas day, James Watson misplaced his life after his half-brother, Kendall Yarborough allegedly shot him within the stomach whereas James was in search of his cellular phone,” Berlin stated. “This mindless act of violence is not going to go unpunished.”
DuPage County Sheriff’s deputies have been known as to a house simply after 3:05 p.m. and located Watson had been shot. He was taken to a hospital the place he later died.
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Investigators stated Watson was downstairs within the house in search of his cellular phone. He turned upset when he could not discover it and slammed a card desk on the ground.
On the time, Yarborough, who was upstairs, shot down towards Watson and hit him within the abdomen, authorities stated. Responding deputies discovered a 9mm Sig Sauer P-365X handgun and a shell casing, prosecutors stated. Members of the family known as 911 and rendered assist to Watson.
“It’s horrible {that a} tragedy occurred on Christmas,” stated DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick. “It goes to point out that home violence can happen in any house and that’s why we take domestic-related incidents severely on the DuPage County Sheriff’s Workplace.”
Yarborough was arrested on the scene and appeared in courtroom Tuesday morning. The courtroom granted his request to proceed his pre-trial detention listening to till Wednesday.
