Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Chad Cameron Copley, 40, is charged with murder in the Aug. 7, 2016, death of 20-year-old Kouren-Rodney Bernard Thomas.
Police say Copley stood behind his garage door and fired a single shotgun blast out a window that killed 20-year-old Kouren-Rodney Bernard Thomas, who was out near the street. Friends say Thomas was leaving a nearby party and was unarmed.