Man's charge upgraded after death of victim

YOUNGSTOWN

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

Kyle Rice, 29, who is in the Mahoning County jail on a $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 later died in St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.

Rice was arrested a few hours after Bankston was shot.