Jury finds Lee Braboy guilty of first degree murder

SALISBURY, Md. – After four days in court, the jury has finally reached a verdict in Wicomico County. Lee Braboy is guilty of shooting and killing 20-year-old Jaquanta Walton in the summer of 2017 outside of the Salisbury VFW.

It was a trial that seemed to those in the courtroom could have gone either way and its a verdict the victim’s loved ones have been waiting for for two long years.

“He was full of life and for someone to take him away for no reason. I’m just happy he got his justice,” says Renee Lane, the victim’s close friend.

Relief and closure is what Jaquanta Walton’s loved ones felt after a guilty verdict was handed down against his killer.

“This day is, oh my gosh, I was so nervous, but now it’s just like ahhhh like I can breathe again,” exclaims Lane.

The jury finding Lee Braboy guilty of shooting and killing Jaquanta Walton. Proving in their mind that Lee Braboy went to the VFW on June 9th 2017 to murder Walton in front of a crowd of people playing a game of dice. That he ran up and shot Walton one time in the chest and ran.

They found him guilty despite the defenses best efforts to prove otherwise. Efforts that fell short to the testimonies of those who identified him as the shooter in surveillance video, his DNA evidence on the mask and wiretapped phone calls.

It’s a verdict the victims loved ones we’re praying for.

“It’s been a long four days, but oh my God, the feeling is indescribable right now. I’m feeling just like an overwhelming feeling just of happiness, like he’s telling me don’t cry anymore, don’t even be upset anymore. It’s all put to an end. Justice was served.”