Two families wept and prayed together in a witness room after the guilty verdict was read. For one woman, the June 25 verdict brought justice for her slain son's life. The other woman had to say goodbye to her 20-year-old nephew, Brandon Coles, who had been convicted of killing Michael Lovelace. Lovelace, 25, was gunned down about 1 a.m. on July 27, 2013, in the 600 block of Milford Avenue in Hampton. Witnesses testified that Lovelace, Coles and others were outside when the two men began to...
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