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Kemonte A. Cooper, 29, of Roanoke County faced four charges connected to the Feb. 4 shooting. A Roanoke jury found him guilty of two felonies and one misdemeanor. Cooper fired a handgun eight times inside a crowded Food Lion.
Bryson W. Berger pleaded no contest in July to one charge connected to the February 2022 murder of 21-year-old Arnez A. Kirtley.
After a week-long trial and five hours of deliberation on Monday, the jury found Brice Rhodes guilty on all six charges against him, including three murder counts.
"The driver of the bus was completely unaware that the juvenile was approaching," Chief Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney John McNeil told police Tuesday.
A defense attorney and family members of Brice Rhodes asked a jury Tuesday for leniency in sentencing him on six guilty charges against him, including three murder counts.