The mother of the 15-year-old Bronx boy who was butchered to death outside a bodega by gang members in a case of mistaken identity thanked Jesus after a jury convicted five men of first-degree murder Friday. The five Trinitarios gang members were among more than a dozen suspects who were arrested after the brutal, fatal attack outside a convenience store in The Bronx on June 20, 2018, which was caught on video. Leandra denied a defense lawyer's attempts to paint Junior as a gangster who died in some form of gang retribution. Nothing can,' Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr said in a statement addressing the outcome of the trial Friday. Emotions in the courtroom ran high during the quintet's six-week trial, which was marked by several outbursts from Junior's devastated mother, Leandra Feliz.

Source: Daily Mail June 14, 2019 20:24 UTC