Leo Germain and three other suspect who have yet to be identified conspired to shoot and kill the 16-year-old boy inside of a Seymour Avenue apartment in Newark, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said.
The victim was shot multiple times, including once in the head on June 10, 2021.
Following a two-day trial before the SuperiorCourt Judge Patrick Arre, the jury deliberated for a day before convicting Germain of conspiracy to commit murder, murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon.
He will be sentenced by Arre on May 19. He faces up to life in New Jersey State Prison for the murder conviction.
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