FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Opening statements are set to begin Wednesday in the trial of Julian Jamal Conley, the man accused in the 2020 shooting death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner.

What we know:

Turner was killed on July 4, 2020, while sitting in the back seat of her mother’s Jeep near a protest site at a Wendy’s in southwest Atlanta.

The fast-food restaurant had been the center of weeks of demonstrations after police fatally shot Rayshard Brooks. Prosecutors say armed groups were blocking nearby roads when Turner’s mother tried to drive through the area. Investigators allege Conley fired an AR-15-style rifle, striking Turner in the head. She later died at a hospital.

Conley was indicted in 2021 on multiple charges, including malice murder, two counts of felony murder and gang-related o

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