SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – One of two teenagers accused of shooting and killing a 17-year-old Washington High School student last year has been found guilty by a jury.

Esequiel Trejo Jr., 18, of South Bend, was found guilty Friday of accessory to murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the July 10, 2023, death of Luis Hernandez-Acosta.

Early that morning, police were called to a shooting in the 500 block of S. Carlisle Street.

Hernandez-Acosta was pronounced dead at the scene.

Surveillance cameras in the area showed two men running from the scene and hiding in the backyard, according to court documents. Investigators identified them as Trejo and Edwin Torres-Becerril.

Torres-Becerril was charged in the killing of Hernandez-Acosta last July. His next hearing will be held on November 25.

Trejo Jr. He will be sentenced on December 11.

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