Wallace Park gunman sentenced for killing man, wounding another at homeless camp

The father of Charley A. Hodges faced his son’s killer Wednesday in the Polk County Courthouse.
Hodges, 29, was shot to death seven months earlier in Wallace Marine Park while trying to protect a friend from gunfire
His father stood across from the gunman at a sentencing hearing, his voice quivering with grief.
“I could go on and on about what could have been, as far as future memories. That would take too long,” the…





