James Walter Yates Gets 15 years for the Shooting Death of Andre Joyner

Five days earlier you were the victim,” Judge Russell Canan told James Walter Yates III before his sentencing. “But you provoked all of this.” Yates, 29, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed in June for the April shooting death of Andre Pierce Joyner. On Friday, Judge Canan sentenced Yates 15 years in prison for … Read more →

James Yates Pleads Guilty to Murder of Andre Pierce Joyner

Under oath, and with his family crying in the courtroom, James Walter Yates III, admitted Wednesday to fatally shooting Andre Pierce Joyner in the head after an argument near Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School this April. Yates, 29, pleaded guilty in response to a charge of second-degree murder while armed. Joyner, 29, was found by police in … Read more →

James Yates Held in Connection with Shooting Death of Andre Joyner

Judge Karen Howze ordered James Walter Yates III held without bond Tuesday in connection with the afternoon shooting death of 29-year-old Andre Pierce Joyner. Yates, 29, was arrested Monday on suspicion on second-degree murder while armed. On April 25, Joyner was found unconscious and unresponsive, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, across the street from Ludlow-Taylor … Read more →

James Walter Yates III Arrested in Shooting Death of Andre Pierce Joyner

A 29-year-old Maryland man was arrested Monday in connection with the shooting death of Andre Pierce Joyner last Friday. The man, identified by police as James Walter Yates III, is suspected of second-degree murder while armed. On April 25, Joyner was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the 600 Block of Morris Place, Northeast, … Read more →

James Walter Yates III

  • Arrested: April 28, 2014
  • Age: 30
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: Black

Pleaded guilty in the April 25, 2014, death of Andre Pierce Joyner.