PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Two of three men were convicted Friday in a double shooting that killed one woman and wounded another in Providence nearly six years ago.
Marklyn Brown and Johnny Veng were both found guilty of first-degree murder and several other charges.
The jury was deadlocked f
or Jimmy Castillo, who was also arrested in connection with the September 2019 shooting.
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Berta Pereira-Roldan was out celebrating her birthday with some friends that night when she was hit by gunfire on Detroit Avenue.
Berta Pereira-Roldan
The 19-year-old, who had just graduated from Revere High School and was a student at North Shore Community College, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators said that, at the same time, Crystal Peloquin was shot while talking with two men who had approached her on Detroit Avenue. She was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital and spent months recovering from her injuries.
Peloquin and Pereira-Roldan were both walking back to their cars after leaving a Broad Street club when the gunfire erupted. The women didn't know one another and were not believed to be the intended targets of the shooting.
In addition to murder, Brown and Veng were also convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, discharging a firearm while committing a crime of violence resulting in death, assault with a dangerous weapon resulting in serious bodily injury, discharging a firearm while committing a crime of violence resulting in serious bodily injury, and two counts of unlawfully carrying a pistol without a license.
The two men were remanded to the ACI to await sentencing.
Castillo will continue to be held without bail pending a status conference scheduled for April 4.
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