PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Jurors have reached a verdict in the trial of two men accused of killing Philadelphia Police Sergeant Richard Mendez.

Yobranny Martinez-Fernandez, 20, and Hendrick Pena-Fernandez, 23, were both found guilty in the murder of Sgt. Mendez. He was fatally shot in the parking garage of Philadelphia International Airport in October 2023.

Martinez-Fernandez was found guilty of first, second and third degree murder, as well as conspiracy to commit robbery and auto theft, among many other charges.

The jury found Pena-Fernandez guilty of second degree murder, conspiracy to commit theft and auto theft, among other charges.

A third man, 23-year-old Alexander Batista-Polanco, pleaded guilty days before the trial began last week and testified as the prosecution's star witn

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