After roughly two days of deliberations, a jury found Rushing’s testimony — denying he was involved in the crime — unbelievable and that the testimony of several witnesses told the true story about the death of Dawyone Taylor.
Taylor was killed about 3:30 a.m. on April 15 in the 8000 block of International Boulevard by a single gunshot to his chest, which a prosecutor argued in court was fired by Rushing who was upset because he believed Taylor stole his iPod.
While Rushing denied he killed Taylor, another witness identified the aspiring rap singer as the murderer. The witness said he heard Rushing point out Taylor as the person who stole his iPod minutes before Rushing jumped from a car and shot the 25-year-old.
That witness, however, was an admitted crack addict and another witness who saw the crime was an admitted prostitute who said she was smoking marijuana when she saw the murder occur.
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