The Dispatch/Rock Island Argus
A Granite City man charged with two counts of murder for the April 29, 2022, death of a Knox County deputy at Alpha faces a two-week jury trial in Henry County Circuit Court starting Oct. 23.
Deputy Nicholas Weist was struck by a vehicle driven by Daylon K. Richardson, 24, as the deputy put out stop sticks on Rt. 150 at Alpha to stop Richardson’s vehicle. Richardson was fleeing from other Knox County deputies after being seen with a gun at a Galesburg gas station.
“I’m not going to prohibit you from making that argument in an opening statement,” said the judge.
“I don’t think I would object to that in his opening statements,” she said.
Runty said after the hearing that the jury would be instructed on the lesser included charge of reckless homicide at the close of the trial.
Richardson has been held in the Henry County Jail with no bond since the incident.
This story is being republished with permission from the Moline Dispatch/Rock Island Argus.
