Jury will try again Tuesday to reach a verdict in murder trial

YOUNGSTOWN — Having deliberated a total of 11 hours Thursday and today, a seven-woman, five-man jury in the aggravated murder trial of Tyrell A. Ravnell went home for the weekend late this afternoon and will resume deliberations at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Ravnell, 21, of Halleck Street, is charged in the June 20 shooting death of Christian Blackshear, 19, of Wirt Street, in the Kirwan Homes housing project in Campbell.

Just before 2 p.m., the jurors asked Judge John M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court: “What happens if we cannot come to an agreement?”

Judge Durkin returned the jurors to their deliberations after instructing them that they should not hesitate to re-examine their positions; they should consider it desirable that a verdict be reached; and they should not assume any future jury will be “more capable, impartial or intelligent” than they are.