Man found guilty of murder of IUP student in 2020 – WPXI

INDIANA, Pa. — A man has been found guilty of killing an IUP student in 2020.

Indiana County District Attorney Robert Manzi says Terrion Gates was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery in the October 2020 shooting death of Jayden Wright, 20.

Manzi says the jury reached its verdict within two and a half hours of a three-day trial in which they were presented with expert witnesses, videotapes, cellphone records and other evidence.

Prosecutors allege Gates and three others conspired to rob Wright at the Carriage House Apartments. Manzi says the three other co-defendants only intended to rob Wright, but Gates “escalated the situation” by bringing a gun and said he “fired the fatal bullet.”

Gates will be sentenced on November 15th. He faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The cases against Gates' co-defendants, Isaiah Moore, Delmar Chatman and Isabella Edmonds, are ongoing.

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