BOSTON, May 24, 2017—The four men who colluded in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Romeo McCubbin were convicted of murder today, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today found OMAR BONNER (D.O.B. 8/2/87), OMAR DENTON (D.O.B. 5/9/84), and ANDREW ROBERTSON (D.O.B. 06/09/1976), and JAVAINE WATSON (D.O.B. 10/11/90) guilty of first-degree murder in McCubbin’s homicide on Havelock Street. After an outburst in the courtroom, Judge Linda Giles ended the proceedings and scheduled sentencing for May 30.

During two weeks of trial, Assistant District Attorney Ian Polumbaum introduced evidence and testimony proving that the defendants ambushed McCubbin as he sat in a vehicle on Havelock Street at about 1:45 am on Dec. 14, 2013. The evidence showed that Watson drove Robertson to the scene, where Robertson shot McCubbin repeatedly before Watson drove him away. McCubbin crawled out of his vehicle, at which point Bonner and Denton approached him on foot. Denton shot McCubbin repeatedly and Bonner kicked him as he lay dying on the ground. Bonner and Denton fled in a vehicle driven by Denton.

“This was a vicious group attack on an unsuspecting victim,” Conley said. “The jury’s verdicts were entirely appropriate to the evidence and I hope Mr. McCubbin’s loved ones can take some satisfaction knowing that justice was served on his behalf.”

Polumbaum tried the case with Assistant District Attorney Teresa Anderson of the DA’s Appellate Division. Michael Glennon was the DA’s assigned victim-witness advocate.

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All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.