CHICAGO - A man has been found guilty of murder in the 2021 shooting death of 71-year-old Woom Sing Tse in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood.

What we know:

Alphonso Joyner, who was 23 at the time of the incident, was found guilty of murder on Thursday after he shot and killed Woom Sing Tse, 71, in December 2021 in Chinatown, prosecutors said.

Joyner's trial began on Wednesday in Cook County.

The backstory:

On Dec. 7, 2021, the shooting happened around 12:30 p.m., just steps away from an elementary school. The crime left the Chinatown neighborhood shaken.

Police said Joyner was behind the wheel of a car that pulled up to the 200 block of W. 23rd Street. Tse was walking on the sidewalk when Joyner allegedly opened fire on him from the driver's seat. Police said Joyner then got out

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