VooDoo

Wheeling, WV — After a tense three-day trial and a swift deliberation period, Niyajah Hales of Brooklyn, New York, was convicted of second-degree murder in the January 2021 shooting death of Michael J. Jackson on Wheeling Island. The critical distinction jurors made between first-degree and second-degree murder centered around the absence of premediated intent in Jackson’s shooting. The incident, stemming from a heated altercation outside the VooDoo Lounge, a popular local bar, drew to a close Hales’ trial which has gripped the local community due to its dramatic undertones and a surveillance video that captured … Read more