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Teen Guilty in Fatal Shooting | Fort Wayne News
A jury convicted 19-year-old Cameron Kizer Junior of murder in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Jathen Maxwell in July 2024, with a firearm enhancement added. The chilling details include Kizer Junior firing two shots — one to the hip, then fatally to the head — and later posting “head shot” online while uploading rap videos seemingly referencing the killing. Witnesses say he’d been threatening Maxwell for months, and court docs reveal he had accomplices in planning a robbery and securing a stolen car. Complicating matters, his father, Cameron Kizer Senior, faces federal charges for being a…
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