12 February 2018 :

A Colbert County jury today recommended Benjamin Young be put to death. The jury convicted Young, 30, White, of capital murder, as well as 1st-degree assault and shooting into an occupied vehicle. The jury submitted the recommendation of death by a 11-1 vote. According to Alabama law, a sentencing recommendation does not have to be unanimous, but must be at least a 10-2 vote. Young was convicted in the March 1, 2016, shooting death of Ki-Jana Freeman, 19. Tyler Blythe, who was 17 at the time, was injured in the shooting. Colbert County Circuit Court Judge Hal Hughston Jr. will sentence Young in the weeks to come.