Jury selection in capital murder case enters 2nd week

Staff report

Youngstown

Jury selection for the Aubrey F. Toney capital murder trial will resume Monday and continue into its second full week before Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Prospective jurors are being individually questioned about their views on capital punishment and their exposure to, and reaction to, pre-trial publicity concerning the case.

Toney, 33, of West Judson Avenue, is charged in the Sept. 25, 2010, shooting death of Thomas Repchic and the wounding of his wife, Jacqueline, on the city’s South Side.

The Repchics were shot at Southern Boulevard and Philadelphia Avenue after Thomas Repchic picked up his wife from her job at St. Dominic Church.

Toney is accused of shooting the Repchics in a case of mistaken identity because they occupied a car similar to one driven by people with whom Toney had been feuding.