Kmart 4950
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| Kmart #4950 | |
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| Store number | 4950 |
| Address | 5601 University Parkway |
| City | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Opened | 1994 |
| Closed | 2002 |
| Type | SK 3R |
| Retail floor area | 166,453 square feet (15,464.0 m2) |
| Coordinates | 36°10′27″N 80°16′25″W / 36.174161°N 80.273748°WCoordinates: 36°10′27″N 80°16′25″W / 36.174161°N 80.273748°W |
Kmart #4950 was a Super Kmart Center discount department store located at 5601 University Parkway in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The store opened 1994 and closed 2002.[1][2] The building was demolished in late 2005 for a cineplex.
On December 8, 1994, Russell William Tucker allegedly shot and killed security guard Maurice Travone Williams and injured two police officers after he was accused of shoplifting clothing from the Super Kmart store. Tucker was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1996, and was days from being executed in 2000 when his lawyer admitted to intentionally sabotaging his client's case. Further investigation revealed evidence suggesting that the court racially discriminated in selecting jurors for the trial, and as of 2020, two attorneys are attempting to have Tucker retried.[3][4]
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- ↑ "Kmart Corporation Releases List of Store Closings", Kmart Corporation press release, March 8, 2002.
- ↑ "Kmart latest" spreadsheet.
- ↑ Biba, Jacob. "Did Prosecutors Use a ‘Cheat Sheet’ to Strike Black Jurors in North Carolina Death Penalty Case?", The Appeal, September 4, 2018.
- ↑ Hewlett, Michael. "Forsyth County judge denies appeal of death-row inmate who claimed prosecutors excluded black jurors at trial", Winston-Salem Journal, September 20, 2020.