A Montgomery County Circuit Court jury found a 20-year-old Hyattsville man guilty of first-degree murder, among other charges, on Monday in the 2025 fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Montgomery Village man, according to a Tuesday statement from the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s office.
Jorden Hungerford, 20, now faces life in prison plus 60 years, after being convicted of first-degree murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Zeke Starr, Hungerford’s attorney, told Bethesda Today in a statement that the jury convicted Hungerford “for his co-defendant’s actions via the antiquated legal principle of felony murder, a concept that scholars have criticized as inequitable and draconian.”…