Verdict in Musgrave murder case

A verdict in the murder of Hamilton teenager Brandon Musgrave. After a little more than one day of deliberations, the jury found both of the men accused in his death guilty. Lisa Hepfner has covered this trial for us and was in the courtroom when the verdict was read. She’s has reaction to the verdict.

Brandon Musgrave’s mother says waiting for the verdict was nerve racking: “When the verdict was read out and you heard guilty, guilty. You just felt like a load was lifted off your shoulder, because you’ve been coming here for seven weeks and you look at the evidence and you look at how senseless, Brandon lost his life, it’s unbelieveable. senseless, senseless. This is justice for Brandon. A bullet to the head? No one deserves that. Watching that video and seeing how calm he was. It gave me peace because you could tell that was brandon and he was there to have fun and mingle with friends and the next three minutes, he was gone.”

The court heard that Joshua Warner and Tyrone Chambers went to the student party at 53 Dundurn which was advertised on Facebook, and brought loaded handguns. Then Chambers wanted someone to change the music playing on this iPod. But other partygoers refused. He got mad, said he could end the party now, and brought out a gun. Brandon Musgrave didn’t know the guy who angered Chambers, but he went to him and said, it’s not worth it. Then he was shot, along with two others who recovered.

Janet: “He took a bullet because he was trying to help. To make peace. Which is very sad. These boys got everything they deserve.”

Cora: “To the families for the two boys in court today, I pray for them because they have lost something as well. We’ve all lost something. The only difference is they can go see their brother. We can’t.”

Family says they are closer and stronger today. They’ve also had huge support from the community over the past three and a half years. Friends and strangers have reached out to them. Chambers and Warner get automatic life sentences. The judge will come back December 20th with a decision on how long they’ll have to spend behind bars before they’re eligible for parole.