Tunstall conspired with a co-defendant, Miquan Hubbard, in the fatal shooting of Jaraius Gilbert Jr., a Wilson Middle School student, on the night of Aug. 29, 2018. The estimated 15 shots fired by a 9mm gun also hit Datorion Burns twice, but he recovered from his wounds, according to prosecutors and trial evidence.
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Hubbard pleaded guilty in March to murder with a gun specification. Prosecutors say Hubbard, 19, of Village Street, was the shooter and Tunstall provided him with the gun. Hubbard was sentenced earlier this month to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 16 years.
Prosecutors and police say the shooting of Gilbert and Burns was part of an ongoing feud between two sects of the Bloods gang in Hamilton that has included gun violence dating back to a fatal shootout at the former Doubles bar in July 2016.
An 8-second Snapchat video of Hubbard and Tunstall together “throwing” gang signs was played for the jury during Tunstall’s trial along with a jailhouse call placed to Tunstall two hours before the shooting saying “you know what time it is.”
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Some of the charges could be merged for sentencing by the judge, but Tunstall faces a maximum of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 43 years, according to Assistant Prosecutor Brad Burress.
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