ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A Lehigh County jury has convicted an Allentown man on multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit homicide, following a 2022 shooting that left one man dead.
Xavier Grenon, 27, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, attempted criminal homicide, and one count of aggravated assault, according to the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office.
Grenon was charged in the Aug. 31, 2022 death of Najeer Lane, 22, of Allentown.
Lane was a passenger in a car driven by Bless Jones, the DA’s Office said.
Grenon and his co-defendants agreed to meet Jones at Trout Creek Park in Allentown.
Officials say while enroute to the park, Jones and Lane were ambushed by Grenon and his co-defendants.
During the ambush, 13 rounds were fired at the car from a handgun modified with a Glock switch, according to authorities.
The Glock switch allows a semi-automatic handgun to fire as fully automatic and the 13 rounds were fired in approximately one second, according to officials.
Lane was killed at the scene of the shooting, but Jones escaped and drove to his home, authorities said.
Less than one hour later, Grenon and his co-defendants arrived at that location and fired 12 rounds at Jones and a second person, missing both of them, according to the DA’s Office.
Lane died from one gunshot wound to the back and his death was ruled a homicide by the Lehigh County Coroner, the DA’s Office said.
Grenon was also convicted of the attempted murder of Jones.
Grenon faces a maximum sentence of 60 years in state prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. on April 17, according to the Lehigh County DA’s Office.
Also charged in these shootings is Frederick Antwan Marks Jr., 26, of Bath, according to authorities. Marks is awaiting trial and remains incarcerated.
Legious Robert Minder Jr. was also charged in Lane’s murder and the attempted murder of Jones.
In 2025, Minder pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and related charges and was sentenced to serve 40 to 80 years in state prison.