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Alphonso Joyner Convicted of First-Degree Murder in 2021 Chinatown Killing

Jurors returned a guilty verdict after prosecutors presented surveillance footage and a 9mm handgun they said tied him to the daytime shooting.

Overview

  • Jury deliberations began Thursday and concluded with a conviction in the killing of 71-year-old Woom Sing Tse.
  • Prosecutors introduced the handgun with an extended magazine recovered from Joyner’s car, along with shell casings, bullet fragments and fingerprint evidence.
  • Police stopped Joyner’s silver-blue Honda on the Kennedy Expressway within hours of the attack, and clothing seized matched items seen on neighborhood video.
  • Investigators said the assailant fired nearly two dozen shots, then delivered a close-range fatal shot, with the victim’s wallet found untouched and no clear motive established.
  • Defense attorneys argued the case was circumstantial and emphasized the absence of an eyewitness to the shooting.