Howard Randolph Sentenced to Two years for “One Punch Knockout” in the Death of Rayshawn Hailstock

Howard Randolph was sentenced to two years Friday for a fist fight that led to Rayshawn Hailstock’s death, after a single punch on June 30, 2013. Randolph pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter in May. According to the government’s memorandum, Randolph knew Hailstock was at the bus stop and he willingly and intentionally … Read more →

Howard Randolph Pleads Guilty to Killing Rayshawn Hailstock with a Single Punch

Howard Randolph pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of involuntary manslaughter in connection to the June 30, 2013 fist fight that led to Rayshawn Hailstock’s death. Randolph, 33, admitted to confronting Hailstock and punching him once, breaking his jaw in two places and fracturing the hyoid bone in his neck. Hailsotck, 21, fell forward and … Read more →

Howard Randolph Returned to Jail After Being Found With Drugs

Judge Russell Canan ordered that Howard Randolph be removed from a halfway house Wednesday after Randolph was found with two packs of K2, a synthetic cannabis, while he awaited trial. Howard, 25, was indicted in December on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection to the death of 21-year-old Rayshawn Hailstock in June 2013. Prosecutors … Read more →

Howard Randolph Released to Halfway House

Howard Randolph was released to a halfway house Friday after Judge Russell Canan did not find substantial probability that Randolph was the person responsible for the death of Rayshawn Hailstock. Prosecutors believe that Hailstock died from “blunt force impact to the jaw and neck” after a single punch from Randolph knocked him unconscious and he … Read more →

Grand Jury Charges Howard Bruce Randolph with Involuntary Manslaughter in Death of Rayshawn Hailstock

This post has been updated with a copy of the indictment and warrant, added below. An arrest was made Monday in connection with the June death of 21-year-old Rayshawn Hailstock, MPD said. The defendant, identified by police as Howard Bruce Randolph, 25, is suspected of involuntary manslaughter. According to court records, a warrant was issued … Read more →

Howard Bruce Randolph

  • Arrested: Dec. 30, 2013
  • Age: 25
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: Unknown

Pleaded guilty in the June 30, 2013 death of Rayshawn Hailstock.