Two juries in two adjoining York County courtrooms will hear closing arguments today in two similar murder trials.

In both cases, the young man on trial is accused of accidentally shooting a friend while attempting to shoot someone else.

And although the word "gang" has not been used in either trial, in both trials the gunman was shooting at someone from a different part of the city or belonging to a different faction.

In Courtroom No. 1, Antonio Johnson, 22, is charged with murder for allegedly killing his lifelong friend, Rudolph Mendoza IV, 23, when they were shooting at two other men -- Angel Rengifo and Brandon DeJesus, both 23 -- around 4:30 a.m. on Sept. 18, 2011 in the 100 block of South Queen Street.

Johnson also is charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and aggravated assault for shooting at Rengifo and DeJesus, who both were injured.

In Courtroom No. 2, Antonio Wormley, 19, is charged with murder for allegedly killing Kyle Westry, 21, as Wormley was shooting at Wajh Jamison, 21, around 4:25 p.m. on June 21, 2012 in the 200 block of West Princess Street.

Mendoza was killed by a bullet that entered his left shoulder and exited his neck. Westry was shot in the lower left back with a bullet that punctured his aorta, liver and pancreas.

The Johnson trial began Monday in the county Judicial Center. The Wormley trial began Sept. 3.


According to prosecutors, the two defendants are guilty of murder because they intended to kill someone when they inadvertently killed their friends.

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