When a man was 17 years old, he was accused of a double shooting in Savannah that led to a police chase and resulted in the death of a pedestrian and two people in his vehicle.
Jerry Chambers, who is now 19, was convicted Thursday of murder and vehicular homicide in all three of those deaths, according to multiple media reports. However, he was acquitted on the charges stemming from the shooting and other gang-related accusations, the Savannah Morning News reported.
The incident began July 5, 2017, with a double shooting at City Market. Two men, Yusef Maxwell and James Armaine-Brazleton, were shot before a Hyundai Santa Fe, driven by Chambers, led police on a chase through downtown Savannah.
While fleeing police, Chambers hit 30-year-old Scott Waldrup as he walked across Bay Street, AJC.com previously reported. That killed Waldrup and two others in the Sante Fe: Spencer Stuckey, 17, and Gabriel Magulias, 20.
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Chambers was arrested and charged in the triple homicide. He was accused of being a member of the Only the Mob criminal street gang and of shooting Maxwell and Armaine-Brazleton, who both survived, but the jury did not convict him on those counts.
Chambers, who pleaded not guilty to all of his charges, did not testify during his trial and his defense did not present any evidence, the Morning News reported.
During his trial, Mashama Bailey, the executive chef of The Grey restaurant, testified that she and Waldrup were walking home from Saddlebags on River Street and were crossing Bay Street when Waldrup was hit, the newspaper reported. Waldrup was the general manager of the restaurant, which is off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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Credit: Ligaya Figueras
Credit: Ligaya Figueras
The jury deliberated for 45 minutes before convicting Chambers of three counts of murder and three counts of vehicular homicide, while clearing him of the other charges, the Morning News reported.
Sentencing has not been scheduled and will not take place for at least 30 days, Judge Benjamin Karpf said. Chambers will remain in the Chatham County Jail until then.
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