Juries in a joint trial for the 2020 shooting death of a 17-year-old boy reached two different verdicts Friday.
Jacob Maldonado, 19, was found guilty of first-degree murder and attempted robbery with a firearm for the killing of 17-year-old Julio Munoz in a drug deal gone wrong, court records show. David Consuegra Jr., 24, was found not guilty on these same charges.
The verdicts came following a four-day joint trial presided over by Circuit Court Judge Frederick Mercurio at the Manatee County Judicial Center in downtown Bradenton.
Maldonado will be sentenced at a later date, according to court records.
Consuegra and Jacob Maldonado were two of four suspects arrested after the fatal Myakka City shooting, alongside Jacob’s brother, 24-year-old Hugo Maldonado, who was convicted of the killing alongside 18-year-old Damian Ortiz during a joint jury trial in September .
Hugo Maldonado was sentenced in September to life in prison for murder with 15 years concurrently for attempted robbery with a firearm for the killing, which was the maximum possible sentence for the charges.