Juan Davis and Devonte Parker are on trial for the September 2023 shooting death of 3-year-old Luis Diaz. Prosecutors allege Davis drove Parker and a then-16-year-old to the duplex where the shooting occurred. Davis denies knowing what his passengers were going to do. A jury is expected to begin deliberating Friday.
Published: Feb. 06, 2025, 5:34 p.m.Juan Davis and Devonte Parker, charged with aggravated murder in the September 2023 shooting death of 3-year-old Luis Diaz, appeared for their ninth day of trial on Thursday. CLEVELAND , Ohio - Prosecutors called their last witness Thursday in the trial of two of men charged in theJuan Davis, 35, is accused of driving Devonte Parker, 30, and then-16-year-old Jayden Sorensen to a duplex near West 66th Street on Sept. 28, 2023.
Court records showed Sorensen pleaded guilty on Jan. 9 to the lesser offense of involuntary manslaughter, along with attempted murder and felonious assault. Treadway pleaded guilty to the same charges on Jan. 28, records showed. They also pleaded guilty to firearms-related offenses. They are to be sentenced Feb. 18.
Davis agreed to the interview without an attorney present, according to the video. Across a small table from two detectives, he said he borrowed a Mercedes from a friend that day to go and buy marijuana. Davis spoke rapidly as the detectives pressed him on the identity of his passengers, eventually growing irate and slamming his palm twice on the table. He accused them of using “reverse psychology.”“A 3-year-old little baby got killed,” a detective told Davis.In court, Davis sat hunched over next to defense attorney Chris McNeal as the recording played. He periodically rocked back and forth in his chair.
Parker was arrested on Oct. 2, 2023. On cross-examination, Parker’s attorney, Kevin Spellacy, tried to cast doubt on the identity of the shooters.
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