Lawrence police arrest suspect in Dec. 27 deadly shooting
Lawrence police have arrested a suspect in last week’s shooting death of a 30-year-old woman.
Police said Monday that Willie Kenith Franklin, 27, was arrested Dec. 31 and booked into jail on charges of involuntary manslaughter and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Police were dispatched on Dec. 27 to an apartment in the 2300 block of West 26th Street and found Lei Ala Turner with a gunshot wound to the chest. Life-saving efforts were unsuccessful, police said, and Turner died from her injuries.
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This story was originally published January 1, 2018 at 7:32 PM with the headline "Lawrence police arrest suspect in Dec. 27 deadly shooting."