READING, Pa. - The Berks County District Attorney is announcing the conviction by a jury for Joewel Keita and Devon Starr.
The DA posted on Twitter saying Keita and Starr were convicted of 1st degree murder and related charges connected to the fatal shooting of Albert Pena-Pena in Reading.
Joewel Keita and Devon Starr were convicted by a jury today of 1st Degree Murder and related charges. On August 18, 2020, they fatally shot Albert Pena-Pena in Reading. A second person was also wounded. Investigated by @ReadingPolice1 CI Snell; tried by ADAs Lehman and Rodriguez.
— Berks County DA (@BerksDA) July 1, 2022
Officials say on August 18, 2020, Keita and Starr fatally shot Pena-Pena in the 1200 block of Church Street. A second person was also wounded.
Keita, 28, was arrested a few days after the homicide. Starr, 21, was arrested two months later.
In March 2021, Keita was also charged with attacking two corrections officers in Lehigh County with a shank.
