Iowa Teen Sentenced to 65 Years for School Shooting

Preston Walls, convicted of second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and assault, will be eligible for parole after 40 years.

Preston Walls, 19, was sentenced to 65 years in prison for killing two fellow students at an alternative school program for at-risk youths in Des Moines, Iowa.
Walls was convicted of second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and assault causing serious injury in the attack that took place on January 23, 2023.
The victims, Rashard Carr, 16, and Gionni Dameron, 18, were members of an opposing gang, according to authorities.
Walls will be eligible for parole after 40 years and was also ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution to the victims' families.
During the trial, Walls testified that he had shot Carr and Dameron because he feared for his life.