Jamal Smith

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Boughton family's yearlong wait for justice is over, even if it required an additional 16 hours for jury deliberations. "This family has stayed in the light," a tearful Kristin Boughton, the widow of Jay Boughton, said after a jury delivered a verdict convicting Jamal Smith of Boughton's murder. "That has been our guiding force and factor. We've stayed out of anger and we've stayed in the light."

MINNEAPOLIS — After deliberating for about eight hours, the jury in the Jamal Smith jury felt stuck. They had already decided to convict Smith on charges of second-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, but jurors were split on the most serious charge of first-degree murder.

Jamal Smith, a 34-year-old Chicago man, has been found guilty of first-degree murder for the 2021 road rage shooting death of Jay Boughton, a father and youth baseball coach who was shot dead on Highway 169. A jury found Smith guilty of first- and second-degree murder for the July 6,...

MINNEAPOLIS — A Hennepin County jury has found Jamal Smith guilty of first-degree murder and two other criminal counts in the high-profile shooting death of a youth baseball coach on Highway 169 in Plymouth last summer. Smith was charged with first- and second-degree murder, and being a felon in...

After about 16 hours of deliberation, a jury has found Jamal Smith guilty on all charges. On Monday, both sides rested in the trial and the case was handed to the jury the following day for deliberation after closing arguments. Smith was charged with first and second-degree murder for the...

On Thursday, jurors reached a consensus verdict of guilty on all counts against Jamal Smith in a deadly road rage shooting in Plymouth. Smith is now facing a mandatory life sentence.

MINNEAPOLIS -- More than 10 hours of deliberations thus far is still not enough for a jury to reach a verdict in the trial for Jamal Smith, the man accused of gunning down youth baseball coach Jay Boughton.In a note to Judge Nicole Engisch Wednesday afternoon, the jury signaled it had reached a consensus on two of three counts levied against Smith, but members were "not sure" they could reach a consensus on the murder charge. The jurors then asked the judge what would happen to the other counts if the 12-member jury could not come to a unanimous decision."It is...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Boughton family's yearlong wait for justice must wait at least one more day as jurors ended four hours of deliberations without a verdict. The 12-member jury formally received the case against Jamal L. Smith around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday after attorneys delivered their closing arguments; Smith multiple charges related to the shooting death of Jay Boughton on July 6, 2021.

(Minneapolis, MN) -- The fate of a Chicago man charged in last summer’s shooting death of a baseball coach on Highway 169 in Plymouth is now in the hands of the jury. Jamal Smith took the stand in his own defense Monday, admitting to driving the S-U-V but claimed that he’s not the one who shot 56-year-old Jay Boughton. He told jurors that the music was loud, backseat passenger Brandon Smothers rolled down the window, and then he heard a loud boom. A deputy testified that Smith referred to himself as “a nationwide murderer” during a jail conversation. The jury is expected to begin deliberations late this morning (Tuesday).

MINNEAPOLIS — Did Jamal Smith fatally shoot youth baseball coach Jay Boughton on Highway 169 following a brief road rage encounter, or was a passenger in the defendant's rented Chevy Suburban responsible for the slaying?. A panel of jurors is now deliberating that question after both prosecutors and Smith's...

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The family of a metro area youth baseball coach shot and killed in an apparent case of road rage along highway 169 last summer is anxiously awaiting justice. The case against the alleged gunman, Jamal Smith is now in the hands of a Hennepin County jury.

MINNEAPOLIS -- The prosecution rested its case Monday in the murder trial of the man accused of killing a youth baseball coach in an alleged road rage attack. According to investigators, Jamal Smith allegedly shot Jay Boughton last summer after the drivers had an altercation on Highway 169 in Plymouth.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Prosecutors have rested their case against alleged Highway 169 gunman Jamal Smith who is charged with 1st and 2nd degree murder in the July 2021 deadly shooting that claimed the life of youth baseball coach Jay Boughton. Prosecutors have argued it was a case of road...

MINNEAPOLIS — The second week of the Jamal Smith murder trial is underway inside the Hennepin County Courthouse with prosecutors expected to wrap their case. Testimony will resume after jurors were sent home early Friday so Judge Nicole Engisch and attorneys could address "unexpected legal issues" involving the case against Smith, accused in last summer's fatal shooting of youth baseball coach Jay Boughton. Prosecutors say Smith killed Boughton following a short conflict as the two men drove their vehicles down Highway 169 in Plymouth.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Both sides have rested their arguments in the case against alleged Highway 169 gunman Jamal Smith, who is charged with 1st and 2nd degree murder in the July 2021 deadly shooting that claimed the life of youth baseball coach Jay Boughton. Prosecutors have argued it was...

(Minneapolis, MN) -- Testimony is paused in a high-profile murder trial in Hennepin County. Friday, jurors in the Jamal Smith trial were sent home as the court deals with "unexpected legal issues." Smith is on trial for allegedly killing Twin Cities youth baseball coach Jay Boughton. The prosecution claims Smith shot Boughton while driving on Highway 169 last year, killing him in front of his 15-year-old son. The defense claims there's no evidence to support Smith fired the gun.

MINNEAPOLIS — EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above originally aired on Thursday, July 14. Jurors in the Jamal Smith trial were sent home early Friday without hearing any testimony as the court dealt with "unexpected legal issues," including the judge's ruling to allow the prosecutors to play recorded jailhouse calls. Testimony is now expected to resume Monday, with the state likely to present its final witnesses.

MINNEAPOLIS -- The judge presiding over the trial for the man accused of killing a youth baseball coach has banned yellow clothing inside the courtroom. Jamal L. Smith faces multiple charges related to the shooting death of Jay Boughton on July 6, 2021. When testimony began on Monday, dozens of Boughton's family, friends and ballplayers were in attendance at the Hennepin County Courthouse, all of them dressed in yellow shirts.