Stamford Jury Finds Man Guilty Of Murder In '19 Death Of 26-Year-Old: Report

STAMFORD, CT — After almost 24 hours of deliberations, a Stamford jury found Rashad Sellers guilty of murder Wednesday in the 2019 shooting death of 26-year-old Stephon Walthrust, the Stamford Advocate reported.

Sellers, 31, a West Haven and Bridgeport resident, is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 2, the Advocate writes.

On March 30, 2019, Walthrust, 26, of Queens, N.Y., was shot while sitting in the driver's seat of his car on Garden Street in Stamford. Officers had been called to the scene on a report of multiple gunshots at about 10:45 p.m.

Following an investigation, Sellers was arrested on April 12, 2019, as he was entering a deli on East Avenue in Norwalk, police said.

Assistant State’s Attorney Elizabeth Moran said video footage and cell phone data put Sellers at the scene of the crime that night, the Advocate said, noting that Sellers searched for news on Facebook regarding the homicide in the days after.

The Advocate also reported that according to testimony from Walthrust's friends during the trial, Walthrust had driven to Connecticut on the night he was killed to get money from Sellers to pay off a debt, but he was concerned about going alone.

Sellers faces up to 60 years in prison.

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