Jury Returns with Verdict on Apartment Killing

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Wyandotte County jurors have acquitted a Kansas City, Kan., man in the apartment killing of another man last year.

The Kansas City Star reported that Allen L. Mitchell (30) had been charged with first-degree felony murder in the June 2011 killing of Carlos Hernandez (21).

Authorities allege the shooting happened during a drug transaction.

Jurors began their deliberations Friday and returned the verdict Monday after breaking for the weekend.