Murder conviction in fatal gang shooting

WHITE PLAINS – One of two men involved in the sidewalk shooting death of a rival gang member was convicted Thursday.

Enric Devers, Jr., 18, of New Rochelle, was found guilty of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree in connection with the fatal shooting of Reginald Rogers on a Mount Vernon street on April 24, 2007.

Rogers, his girlfriend and another friend were walking toward Rogers’ home around 9 p.m. when Devers, Robert Lewis and another person saw them on the opposite side of 4th Street.

Devers and Lewis were members of the Bloods and Rogers was a member of the rival Crips gang.

The defendants approached Rogers and his girlfriend, the other person had walked in another direction, with Lewis shooting him in the shoulder, back and left thigh. As he lie on the sidewalk, Devers shot him in the head.

The shooters were caught later by Mount Vernon Police.

Lewis pled guilty to second-degree murder earlier this year. When sentenced in July, Devers faces 25 years to life in prison.