A PHILADELPHIA Common Pleas jury deliberated for about three hours yesterday morning before finding Aki Jones, 39, and Shaheed Williams, 23, guilty of attempted murder. The two also were found guilty of witness intimidation, aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy in the shooting of Michael Vessels, 46, who survived five gunshot wounds Sept. 26, 2011. Vessels had called police from his North Philly home after witnessing a man who fired a gun into the air at the scene of a fight involving teenage girls in November 2010. He testified at a preliminary hearing regarding the incident in Family Court a month later. Jones was identified as the man who fired the gun. Vessels identified Williams...
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