BOSTON, June 24, 2016— Jurors in the trial of three men charged in the slaying of 25-year-old Romeo McCubbin today returned guilty verdicts on firearm charges but declared themselves hopelessly deadlocked on the charge of murder, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

After more than two days of deliberations in the murder trial of OMAR BONNER (D.O.B. 8/2/87) of Hyde Park, OMAR DENTON (D.O.B. 5/9/84) of Milton, and ANDREW ROBERTSON (D.O.B. 06/09/1976) of Hyde Park, jurors convicted Bonner of unlawful possession of a firearm and resisting arrest and Denton of unlawful possession of a firearm.  Jurors were unable to come to a unanimous decision on the charge of first-degree murder faced by all three defendants.  As a result, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Janet Sanders declared a mistrial.

A fourth man, JAVAINE WATSON (D.O.B. 10/11/90) of Dorchester, is also charged with first-degree murder in connection with McCubbin’s killing but had his trial delayed when his attorney fell ill.

The case against all four men returns to court next month to set a date for a retrial.

McCubbin was sitting inside a vehicle on Havelock Street at approximately 1:45 a.m., when two men approached his vehicle and one of them fired on him. McCubbin extricated himself from the vehicle and the gunman fired on him again. The second man kicked him in the head. The assailants fled in two vehicles.

Assistant District Attorney Teresa Anderson of the DA’s Appellate Unit served as second-seat at trial.  Michael Glennon is the DA’s assigned victim-witness advocate.  Bonner is represented by John Tardiff, Denton by Rosemary Scapicchio, Robertson by Marjorie Tynes, and Watson by Martin Leppo.  They return to court July 14.

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