YOUNGSTOWN Before Judge Anthony D’Apolito announced Wednesday that he had found Brian Donlow Jr. guilty of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder and felonious assault in the killing of Christopher Jackson Jr. and wounding of Carlos Davis, he summarized the evidence he heard.
D’Apolito focused on evidence showing three different calibers of weapon fired bullets into Jackson’s body and that a key found in the car where Jackson, 21, and Davis, 24, were shot opened the door at a house in Youngstown associated with Donlow and co-defendant Stephon Hopkins.
He also mentioned Facebook Messenger messages Youngstown Police Detective Michael Lambert obtained were written by Jackson and testimony from Lambert indicating that Davis had identified Donlow, 26, as one of the three men who entered the back seat of the car just before gunfire came from the back seat and into Jackson and Davis.