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Murder Case In Topeka Ends In With A Mistrial

TOPEKA (AP) – The trial of a man charged with killing a Topeka woman and injuring another ended in a mistrial.

After three days of deliberation, a Shawnee County jury on Tuesday said it could not reach verdicts on the major charges against 27-year-old Anceo Stovall. He faced 11 charges, including first-degree murder in the July 2011 shooting death of 40-year-old Natalie Gibson.

Prosecutors say Gibson and her partner, 42-year-old Lori Allison, were shot during an attempted robbery by a gang of nine people at the women’s home. Allison survived.

The jury found Stovall innocent of one count of burglary of a vehicle and guilty of aggravated robbery of a co-defendant.

District Attorney Chad Taylor said after the hung jury was announced that he would try Stovall again on the remaining charges.

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