Three gang members who were found guilty in the beating death of a theology student had their first-degree murder convictions overturned because the judge gave improper instructions to the jury.

Warren Helm died in the street outside the Diversite night club in Northwest, an innocent victim of a vicious gang fight that had started inside the club. After Helm jumped out of his friend’s car to help a homeless man being beaten and kicked by the gang members, the gang members turned on him. He was chased down, stabbed and slashed repeatedly, and beaten.