James Knapper was a fourteen year old living in Tulsa Oklahoma when he would murder Deouijanae Terry
According to court documents James Knapper would open fire at a vehicle killing Deouijanae Terry and injuring her boyfriend
Police said the shooting was gang related and the likely target was that of Deouijanae Terry boyfriend
James Knapper would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to 55 years for assault and battery with a deadly weapon and 5 years for gang-related offense
James Knapper Case
James Knapper was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole in court Wednesday, February 22. Knapper was convicted in the shooting death of 16-year-old Deouijanae Terry.
Terry was in her boyfriend’s car in the 200 block of West 46th Street North on July 17, 2015, when she was shot multiple times. The boyfriend, Jerome Bledsoe, was wounded. Police said he was likely the intended target of what they called a gang-related shooting.
Knapper was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Wichita Kansas in November, 2015. He was found guilty of her murder earlier this month.
Knapper, also known as “Baby-G,” received 55 years for assault and battery with a deadly weapon and 5 years for gang-related offense.
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