(Cedar Rapids, IA) — Bond has been set at one-and-a-half-million dollars for a man charged in back-to-back fatal shootings. KCRG / TV reports 20-year-old Kazius Childress made his first Linn County Court appearance Thursday. Prosecutors say Childress killed 19-year-old Cordal Lewis and 22-year-old Kavon Johnson last January. Childress was arrested in Davenport Tuesday. He faces two counts of first-degree murder.
Man Charged In Back-To-Back Fatal Shootings Makes Linn County Court Appearance
By Mandy Billings
May 19, 2022 | 3:57 PM

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