Ezequiel Diaz-Mondragon, 21, was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder for killing Anthony “Tony” Benitez, 18, at Fairmont Gardens in Annandale on Feb. 19, 2021, Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced June 26.
Diaz-Mondragon was also convicted on one count of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Prosecutors showed at trial that the defendant and two others were members of a group that was driving through the Fairmont Gardens apartment complex looking for members of a rival group that they were having a “beef” with…