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DAY 7, Monday, Sept. 25

At 2:15 p.m., the verdict was read in court:

Deshawn Stafford Jr., 20, was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault and assault.

The jury could not reach a verdict on the first count of involuntary manslaughter, it was declared a mistrial.

The jury found him not guilty on the second count of involuntary manslaughter

The jury found him guilty of aggravated assault and assault.

Deshawn’s bond was revoked and he was taken into custody.

Tyler Stafford, 19, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and assault.

He was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

He was found guilty of assault.

Tyler remains on house arrest.

Both will be sentenced on Oct. 26 at 1:30 p.m.

At 1:45 p.m., a verdict has been reached and will be read in open court at 2:15 p.m.

At 10:15 a.m., the jury told Judge Tammy O’Brien they are having trouble reaching a verdict, but she told them to continue negotiating.

You can watch the verdict be read aloud in court in the video player below:

DAY 6, Friday, Sept. 22

The jury continued to deliberate Friday but has not reached a verdict.

Jury deliberations will continue Monday.

DAY 5, Thursday, Sept. 21

The jury has entered a recess for the rest of the day Thursday.

Deliberations will continue Friday morning.

DAY 4, Wednesday, Sept. 20

Closing arguments were heard this afternoon.

The defense rested without calling any witnesses in the trial for Deshawn Stafford Jr., 20, and his brother Tyler Stafford, 19.

Both are facing charges for killing Ethan Liming, 17, in June 2022.

You can watch the fourth full day of court in the video players below:

Akron police said Liming was attacked outside the I Promise School after shooting them with a SplatRBall gun.

The Summit County Medical Examiner ruled Liming died from blunt force trauma after his head struck the ground from one punch.

DAY 3, Tuesday, Sept. 19

The state rested its case Tuesday afternoon. Prosecutors called to the stand Liming’s third friend who was with him that night in June 2022.

The interrogation tape of Deshawn Stafford was played for jurors. He admitted to knocking out Ethan.

Deshawn Stafford Jr., 20, and Tyler Stafford, 19, are accused of attacking Liming after he shot them with a SplatRBall gun in the parking lot of the I Promise School.

You can watch the third full day of court in the video players below:

DAY 2, Monday, Sept. 18

Prosecution continued calling witnesses Monday in the trial for Deshawn Stafford Jr., 20, and his brother, Tyler Stafford, 19.

The jury heard from one of the Akron police detectives who was first on the scene. They also saw surveillance video of Ethan Liming arriving at the park.

You can watch the second full day of court in the video players below:

DAY 1, Friday, Sept. 15

You can watch the first full day of court in the video player below:

The opening statements from both the prosecution and defense took place Friday, Sept. 15, in front of Summit County Court of Common Pleas Judge Tammy O’Brien.

The prosecution then called their first witness.

The witnesses included the first officers on the scene outside the I Promise school, where Ethan Liming, 17, was killed on June 2, 2022.

The Summit County Medical Examiner ruled Liming died from blunt force trauma after his head struck the ground from one punch.

Deshawn Stafford Jr., 20, is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault and assault.

Tyler Stafford, 19, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and assault.

Akron Police Chief Stephen Mylett said Liming and three other teens drove into the parking lot of the school around 10:30 p.m. on June 2, 2022 and started discharging a SplatRBall gun at people on the basketball court.

Both groups then began fighting and Liming was knocked unconscious, said police.

Liming’s family members said the suspects continued to beat him until he was dead.

One of Liming’s friends called 911 and when officers arrived at the I Promise School, Liming was pronounced dead at the scene.

The defense plans to say it was self-defense.

A third person, Donovon Jones, 21, pleaded no contest to two counts of assault, a first-degree misdemeanor, in October 2022.

Jones was given a 180-day suspended jail sentence.

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