Brian Adams, who worked at Big Ass Slices in Old City, died after an altercation with a man outside the restaurant on April 27, 2024. Read more Juliana Feliciano Reyes

by Robert Moran Published Aug. 28, 2025, 6:23 p.m. ET

A 30-year-old man accused of punching an Old City pizza worker, who later died, during an altercation over eating at an outdoor table was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and not a more serious charge of murder by a Philadelphia jury on Thursday.

Demier Klevitch-Gay, of Albany, N.Y., was acquitted of third-degree murder in the April 27, 2024, incident in front of Big Ass Slices Bar & Grill on the 200 block of Market Street.

Klevitch-Gay also was found guilty of simple assault, but not guilty of making terroristic threats and possessing an instrume

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