A Philadelphia man has been convicted of murder in a 2022 double homicide outside of a Reading convenience store.<\/p>\n
Following a three-day trial, a Berks County jury on Thursday found Nyjee Jefferson, 30, guilty of first- and third-degree murder. He is scheduled to be sentenced in February.<\/p>\n
Jefferson was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Jose Ventura-Jimenez, and of third-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Alejandro Drullar.<\/p>\n
The teenagers were shot and killed outside of a convenience store in northwest Reading just after sunrise on Feb. 20, 2022.<\/p>\n
According to police:<\/p>\n
Jefferson got into an altercation with the teens inside a convenience store at Schuylkill Avenue and West Greenwich Street at about 7 a.m.<\/p>\n
The fight spilled into the parking lot, where Jefferson shot both teens.<\/p>\n
Ventura was shot seven times, and Drullar was shot once.<\/p>\n
About two hours after the killings Jefferson was captured by security footage<\/a> checking himself into a Philadelphia hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound. He was arrested a few days later.<\/p>\n