GOSHEN — A North Carolina man has been convicted in a double homicide from December 2023.
Christain Wall, 23, was convicted Thursday of two counts of murder following a trial. He was convicted of killing Michael Pike and Jalen Young, who were shot outside Galley Sports Pub on Dec. 14, 2023.
Pike was found dead in the parking lot of the bar and Young died after being transported to the hospital. Bystanders identified Wall as the shooter and police arrested him after finding him in a parked car nearby.
Witnesses described a fight in the parking lot involving Wall and described him shooting both men in the head. Police said surveillance video showed Wall shooting both men then getting into the front seat of his vehicle.
A Glock 9mm handgun was found in the vehicle and two spent 9mm shell casings were recovered from the parking lot, according to investigators.
Wall claimed after his arrest that he didn’t remember fighting with or shooting anyone, police said.
Wall also admitted during his trial to using a firearm in each crime, an enhancement that could add between five and 20 years to his prison term.
His sentencing was set for July 10.