Ex-con found guilty of killing former Long Beach City College football player

An ex-con was recovered blameworthy Thursday, Sept. 30, of murdering a erstwhile Long Beach City College shot subordinate who lived successful Hawthorne during a robbery extracurricular a fast-food edifice 3 years ago.

Jurors deliberated conscionable implicit 2 hours earlier uncovering Edward Jacobs, 32, blameworthy of first-degree execution for the aboriginal greeting shooting of Guy Eugene Alford III, 20, connected Sept. 26, 2018.

The shooting occurred successful the drive-thru lane of a Jack successful the Box connected Atlantic Boulevard adjacent 52nd Street successful Long Beach.

Jacobs — who the prosecution said had anterior convictions from 2011 for robbery and 2015 for attempted robbery — was besides recovered blameworthy of possession of a firearm by a felon.

He faces beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole, with sentencing acceptable for Oct. 28.

In her opening connection past week, Deputy District Attorney Karen Brako told the assemblage that 1 of the men successful Alford’s conveyance heard the masked and hooded assailant accidental thing like, “Give me” earlier a conflict and gunshots ensued arsenic the unfortunate was ordering food.

A notation illustration aboriginal obtained of Jacobs’ DNA matched the DNA illustration recovered connected a ticker that was discovered successful the drive-thru lane, on with grounds from the interior and exterior of the victim’s car and the victim’s fingernails, the authoritative told jurors.

Alford died astatine the country from a gunshot coiled to the neck.

“Based connected their investigation, detectives judge Jacobs approached Alford with the intent of committing a robbery, which yet resulted successful Alford being changeable by Jacobs,” Long Beach constabulary said successful a connection soon aft Jacobs was arrested successful October 2019.

In his opening connection to jurors, defence lawyer Samuel H. Leonard countered that “this is simply a incorrect idiosyncratic case.”

Jacobs’ lawyer said DNA investigating of the ticker showed a DNA substance from 4 radical — 3 who were ne'er identified.

“There is nary reliable grounds … that Mr. Jacobs was progressive successful these events,” Leonard told jurors.

Alford played precocious schoolhouse shot astatine Bishop Alemany High School successful Mission Hills.

Shortly aft Alford’s death, the Long Beach City College shot programme mourned the Inglewood native’s decease connected its Twitter provender successful a posting that read:

“A precise bittersweet time for our Viking family. Senseless violence. ‘May the choirs of Angels travel to greet you Guy!’ Great squad subordinate but a amended person! StopThisNonSense. Prayers spell retired to his household and friends from his LBCC family.”

The team’s antiaircraft backs coach, Darnell Lacy, wrote connected his page, “Tired of the cowards! This dude didn’t merit this.”

Former LBCC antiaircraft backs manager James Wheeler, who coached Alford for 2 years, said successful a Twitter post: “This was honestly a good, bully kid and this 1 truly hurts.”

Alford’s household and friends paid tribute to him successful a vigil a time aft the shooting.