The Trial for Two Teens Being Charged as Adults in the Shooting Death of a 16 Year-Old Austin East Magnet High School Student Set to Begin

The Trial for Two Teens Being Charged as Adults in the Shooting Death of a 16 Year-Old Austin East Magnet High School Student Set to Begin

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The trial for two teens accused in the murder of 16 year-old Austin-East Magnet High School student Stanley Freeman Jr. is set to begin.

The two teens are being tried as adults in the murder of Freeman Jr. who was shot and killed in February 2021.

According to the Knoxville Police Department, the two suspects fired several shots near Tarleton Avenue, one of which struck Freeman Jr. in his car as he was leaving the school.

Jury selection is set to begin today.

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