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Gang homicide trial ends with conviction on three counts, mistrial on rest
DAYTON — A man accused of gunning down Thomas “Tom-Tom” Watson on a basketball court last year was convicted Monday, March 1, of felonious assault, but the jury deadlocked on four charges, including two counts of murder.
The jury also convicted Chamare Mays, 21, of one count of tampering with evidence and one count of inducing panic, plus firearms specifications on all three counts. The felonious assault charge involved the shooting of Fabian Q. Gentry, not Watson.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Gregory F. Singer declared a mistrial on the four counts, which included two other felonious assault counts, late Monday,. The jury had deliberated for two full days before Singer declared the mistrial.
Singer set sentencing on the three convictions for March 9. He also set a scheduling conference for that date, so that prosecutors and defense attorneys can set a trial date for the remaining four counts, should prosecutors decide to re-try Mays.
Singer ordered Mays to be held without bond.
Watson, 25, was a high-ranking member of the DVH gang when he was gunned down April 16 on a College Hill Park basketball court.
Mays surrendered to police on April 21 and has been in custody since.
Dayton police said last year that Mays was one of three gunmen, some wearing masks, who fired at a group of men who were playing on the Shaftesbury Road basketball court. Mays isn’t the gunman who killed Watson, detectives said, but they believe he shot one man in the leg.
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