Sentenced: Rico Turner Gunned Down In Front Of Fiancée, 3 Children By Woman’s Estranged Husband

[Sugar Cookie]

Zane Chandler Christian, 25, is accused of tracking his estranged wife and children to a busy shopping center Monday and gunning down the woman’s fiancé, authorities said.

Christian was initially charged with malicious wounding, reckless handling of a firearm and three counts of child neglect.

A felony murder charge was added to Christian’s charges after Rico Turner, 27, died Monday night, according to the Salem Police Department.

Virginia man gunned down in front of fiancée, 3 children by woman’s estranged husband

Zane Chandler Christian, 25, of Christianburg, is accused of fatally shooting Rico Turner, 27, of Bedford, Monday afternoon outside a Kroger store in Salem. Christian's two children witnessed the shooting, as did Turner's young son.

www.wsbtv.com

 

[Satanica]

Is that your idea of winning, dumbass? Did you not realize she will just find another man and this time you won't be able to do a damned thing about it.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Christian’s two children witnessed the shooting, as did victim Rico Turner’s son, according to family friends. His fiancé, Emily Franklin, is also pregnant with the couple’s first child

Virginia man gunned down in front of fiancée, 3 children by woman’s estranged husband

Zane Chandler Christian, 25, of Christianburg, is accused of fatally shooting Rico Turner, 27, of Bedford, Monday afternoon outside a Kroger store in Salem. Christian's two children witnessed the shooting, as did Turner's young son.

www.wsbtv.com

 

[BBBLUE77]

Seeing the photos, I have a theory about what happened here. Pitiful and pathetic.

 

[Satanica]

Yeah, maybe. The victim had a nice face and no neck tatts, so it's not like she was going to hook her wagon and your kids to a gang member or something. Sore loser!

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

"Fiancé" is so over used these days. Apparently means "boyfriend who I hope will stay for a couple years and provide the stability, respectability, and economic security I crave while pretending I'm a strong independent empowered woman while bearing yet another child with no firm family foundation."
How often do men refer to a woman as fiancé and mean it? Many a news item, social media post is a female calling some man "fiancé". If it wasn't politically incorrect, anthropologists and sociologists would write papers on this.
In the end, the parentless children suffer life long.. Great job adults!

 

[Inferus]

 

[Sejanus]

What a scumbag

 

[lastingmemoriesreborns]

What a shame. If photos do justice he looks like he was a good man. Stepped up to take care of his son and her two kids.

 

[Beautiful Disaster]

Shooting in Salem was 5 minutes from my work. I then drove 45 minutes home to Blacksburg where same dude did the carjacking.

 

[JackBurton]

No doubt about it race was a motivator here.

 

[Doctor Slaughter]

No doubt about it race was a motivator here.

Not surprised, fuck tard needs to be thrown UNDER the execution block.

 

[Prettypink513]

No doubt about it race was a motivator here.

He was jealous of the BBC lmao

 

[Sugar Cookie]

According to court records, Zane Chandler Christian was sentenced to a total of 43 years in prison with 17 years suspended, which means he will spend 26 years in prison for the following charges:

• One felony count of second-degree murder:
  • Sentenced to 30 years with nine years suspended, for a total of 21 years
• One felony count of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony (first offense):
  • Sentenced to three years
• Two felony counts of shooting into an occupied vehicle:
  • Sentenced to five years with four years suspended for each count, for a total of two years

Christiansburg man sentenced to 26 years after deadly 2020 shooting in Salem

SALEM, Va. (WFXR) — More than 15 months after a shooting in Salem resulted in a Bedford man’s death, a judge ruled that Christiansburg man will spend the next 26 years in prison for a number …

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A Montgomery County judge sentenced Zane Chandler Christian on Monday to serve five more years in prison, to be added to the 26 years imposed in February in a Salem murder case.

The 26-year-old Christiansburg man was arrested in November 2020 after shooting Rico Turner, 27, the fiancé of Christian’s estranged wife. The slaying happened in a Salem parking lot during a custody transfer of Zane and Emily Christian’s young children.

According to accounts given during Zane Christian’s hearings in Salem, he was upset because his child support payments were raised. Christian keyed his wife’s car. That prompted Turner, who was there with his 5-year-old son, to shove Zane Christian to the ground.

Zane Christian then shot Turner.

Blacksburg carjacking case that followed Salem murder adds five years to prison term

Zane Chandler Christian already was convicted of killing his estranged wife's fiancé.

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