ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. – A young man has been convicted in the slaying of a teenager in a discount store parking lot in Rogersville.
A Hawkins County jury deliberated about two hours Wednesday before returning the verdict against 21-year-old Ronald Eugene Brewer in the death of 18-year-old Jackson Blue Sellers in December 2008.
The case then moved into the sentencing phase.
According to the Kingsport Times-News, the shot missed an intended victim and struck Sellers in the back of the neck.
Another defendant in the killing, 23-year-old Travis Goins of Rogersville, will be tried separately.