BREAKING NEWS: 16-year-old Shonqualin Hendrix found not guilty of murder

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County jury has found a 16-year-old youth not guilty of murder in the shooting of another teen last year.

The jury returned its verdict shortly before 2 p.m. today after deliberating about two hours. The jurors found Shonqualin Hendrix not guilty on the murder and weapons charges.

Hendrix, dressed in dark pants and a white Polo shirt similar to the school uniforms worn by students his age attending school, has sat quietly all week listening to attorneys argue his case before Judge Maureen Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

He had been charged with murder in the shooting of 17-year-old Braylen Collins of West Glenaven Avenue on the South Side in July 2011.

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