WARREN Jury finds man innocent in death and wounding

The prosecution was criticized for not collecting physical evidence.
WARREN -- A jury took just four hours Friday to determine that Shawn Price was likely not the person who shot and killed William F. Jarrette Jr., 47, on March 18.
Another man, Nicki Warfield, was wounded in front of Jarrette's home at 2314 Burton St. S.E. the same evening.
Warfield, 25, was the prosecution's star witness against Price, 22, who was charged with aggravated murder, aggravated attempted murder, felonious assault and two counts of aggravated robbery.
Warfield identified the Maple Street S.W. man as the shooter after his own arrest on an aggravated burglary charge four months after Jarrette's death.
Initial description: Warfield initially told police his assailant was six inches shorter and 50 pounds lighter than Price.
"Do some investigative work instead of relying on unnamed informants, confidential sources and Nicki Warfield," defense attorney John Fowler argued in his closing statement.
Fowler also criticized investigators for not collecting shell casings for all the bullets that were fired on the night of the murder and for not checking the casings for fingerprints or conducting tests that would determine the number of guns involved.
"I don't know if this was a drug deal gone bad, I don't know if it was a fight over money, I don't know who it was or what it was," Fowler said. "But Shawn Price had nothing to do with it."
Assistant prosecutor Charles Morrow encouraged the Trumbull County common pleas jury to focus on Price's failure to give condolences to the family of Jarrette, whom Price claimed not to know, and on a threat Price is alleged to have made to Jarrette's father, to "do you like I did Fletcher," a nickname for Jarrette.
"I'm very, very happy," said Deborah Chaney, Price's mother, after her son's acquittal. "I didn't believe for a second that he did it. I hope they catch whoever did this very soon."