Ennis family reacts to guilty verdict

prison. a wicomico county jury convicted him today — on all 14 counts — for the murder of fruitland teen rakim russell. it was clear members of ennis’ family were beyond upset following the announcement. and 47 abc’s jobina fortson has their reaction. ennis family member 13:46:19 its all even now everybody’s dead. he’s dead because he’s going to jail for life and we’ll never see him again 13:46:25 track family members of larry ennis– heartbroken– following a jury’s verdict thursday. they found the 20-year-old former delmar high basketball star– guilty on all fourteen counts including first degree murder– in connection with the shooting death or 17-year-old rakim russell. the state claimed ennis was not the shooter– but the helper. encouraging jarrett stokes– who allegedly pulled the trigger. i want everybody to know larry ennis was not the shooter according to the driver of a white chevy impala— ennis and his friend ky’shir connally were involved in an argument at a party at the america’s best value inn– and were forced to leave. apparently it was over quote “beef” between guys from salisbury and delmar. the state claims it was ennis who suggested connally call their friend stokes. prosecutors say they three of them along with the driver returned for quote “vengeance.” according to the driver– they parked across the street from the motel– and stokes fired four shots into the crowd standing in the parking lot. second ennis family member 13:46:30 nobody really won, nobody. because we got one dead young man and one young man has got to spend to rest of his life in prison 13:46:38 track ennis’ family tells 47 abc they don’t think larry got a fair trial and plan to file an appeal. citing a bias jury due to a lack of diversity. and dominique barnes agrees– she testified in the case– and says she was friends with russell and is friends with larry– and is encouraging everyone on both sides to keep their heads up. dominique barnes 13:48:53 i’m on both sides with this, but at the same time everybody just has to stay strong we can’t have people yelling, cussing, fighting, threatening, we can’t have that. not at all 13:49:00 track jobina fortson 47 abc. there is still no date set for ennis’s sentencing. also in salisbury — a barricade suspect is now in custody