Beloved veteran, 87, known in the local community for his hot tamales killed by four teens during violent mugging

Four teenagers have been charged with capital murder in the fatal mugging of a World War II veteran, it emerged today. Terrance Morgan and Edward Johnson, both 19, and Leslie Litt and Geblonski Murray, both 18, were arrested on Monday for the violent death of Lawrence E. 'Shine' Thornton of Greenville, Mississippi. Assistant police chief Andrew Kaho said that each of the teens were also charged with robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. They were initially being held without bond in the Washington County jail pending an initial court appearance but the judge then handed down bonds between $2million and $3million. Kaho says police were called to Thornton's home at 5:30pm on Friday, October 18. The 87-year-old had been accosted in his driveway by two men who 'pushed him down and stole his wallet'. He died two days later after being airlifted to hospital.

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