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Trial starts for man charged in connection with Main Mart slaying
DAYTON - Both prosecutors and Antonio Wynn’s defense attorney say that Wynn punched Deonta Beans seconds before his death. They disagree that Wynn was acting in concert with George E. Turner, who shot Beans after Wynn hit him.
“He sucker-punched Deonta Beans in the head and Deonta Beans never even saw it coming,” said assistant Montgomery County prosecutor Jennifer Brumby on Monday. “These two men acted together. He helped George Turner that evening.”
But defense attorney Anthony Cicero said that while Wynn intended to hit Beans, “George Turner for reasons that are his alone, decided to take it to the next step.”
Beans, 20, was beaten and shot Dec. 3, 2010 in the Main Mart convenience store, which is on the 2400 block of North Main Street, near Parkwood Avenue. He died hours later at Miami Valley Hospital.
Wynn is charged with one count, complicity to commit murder. The trial, before common pleas Judge Frances E. McGee, started Monday and is expected to continue through the week.
Turner, 20, was to go on trial this week with Wynn, but he pleaded guilty to murder and tampering with evidence last week. No charges were dismissed, no sentencing date has been set, and Turner has been subpoenaed as a witness in Wynn’s trial, according to court records.
Brumby said that surveillance video, which will be introduced as evidence, shows Wynn walks into the store, followed by Turner. Wynn walks up to Beans and hits him, knocking him backward. Turner pulls out a gun and Wynn hits Beans for a second time before Turner shoots him, she said.
At the time of the attack, Wynn was wearing a glove on his right hand, the one he used to punch Beans, but not one on his left hand, Brumby said.
Wynn was arrested that same evening at his home on the 2600 block of Main, wearing the same clothes as the attacker, Brumby said.
Cicero told the jury the surveillance video would show that Turner did not have the gun out, until after Beans had been assaulted. He said that was evidence there was no prior plan. He also said the video would show Wynn flinching and stopping his attack when Turner shot Beans, showing evidence of surprise.
“He did not in any way expect that George was going to pull out a gun and shoot that person,” Cicero said.
Members of the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team, or SOFAST, arrested Turner at a West Cornell Woods Drive apartment Jan. 21, 2011.
Beans’ older brother Jeffrey, 26, was killed Jan. 9, 2011 and his body dumped in an alley near the Paul Laurence Dunbar House. Police said last year they had found no evidence to connect the brothers’ slayings.
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