Youngstown man's charge upgraded to aggravated murder

YOUNGSTOWN — A man charged with attempted murder has now had that charge upgraded to aggravated murder after the victim died Tuesday.

Kyle Rice, 29, who is already being held on $1 million bond, now faces the upgraded charge in the death of Danekua Bankston, 28.

Bankston was shot early Feb. 8 in her Oregon Avenue apartment on the West Side and died of her wounds in St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.

Rice was arrested a few hours after Bankston was shot and has remained in custody.