5 Convicted In The Homicide Of Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz
On Friday (June 14), 5 individuals had been convicted of the homicide of 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz.
Antonio Rodriguez Hernandez Santiago, Jonaiki Martinez Estrella, Jose Muniz, Manuel Rivera and Elvin Garcia had been discovered responsible on all 4 counts they confronted, together with first-degree homicide, second-degree homicide, conspiracy and gang assault.
Prosecutors declare the lads had been members of the Trinitarios gang and mistakenly believed the sufferer was a part of a rival gang. In June 2018, Guzman-Feliz was seen on surveillance footage being dragged out of a comfort retailer earlier than he was surrounded and attacked by the 5 males. They reportedly used knives and even a machete in the course of the assault.
Junior then ran to the hospital the place he later died. After the tragic incident, Guzman-Feliz’s household and supporters started the hashtag #JusticeforJunior.
The sufferer’s 17-year-old sister Genesis Collado-Felix mentioned a press release to the New York Submit, “He tried to run into the shop as a result of he thought he’d be secure. They dragged him from the shop like a canine… They had been grown males and he was solely 15.”
On Thursday, jurors requested to rewatch the graphic surveillance footage and to rehear testimony alleging the homicide was deliberate to focus on a member of the rival Sunsets gang, in accordance with CBS New York.
Lesandro Guzman-Feliz reportedly aspired to grow to be a police detective and was a member of the NYPD Explorers program for highschool college students. New York police commissioner James O’Neill was among the many a whole bunch who attended his wake final yr.
“My son was an excellent child. He solely was 15 years previous. He was doing one of the best within the faculty on the time when that tragedy occurred,” Leandra Feliz, Junior’s mom, mentioned after the decision was introduced. “He was within the Explorers program. He was a very good child. He had by no means been into any drawback in his life till these killers murdered my son.”
The 5 convicted males might face life in jail throughout sentencing subsequent month.
