A Miami-Dade man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of two people during a carjacking at a Miami Gardens gas station.
Dylan McFarlane, 21, was convicted Wednesday on two counts of first-degree murder, carjacking and conspiracy to commit armed robbery in the July 25, 2011 deaths of Julian Soler and Kennia Duran.
It took the jury almost two days of deliberations to deliver the verdict.
"It's been a long time coming and it's been excruciating so we are just so happy that he was found guilty of first-degree murder, we couldn't ask for anything better," said Duran's mother, Jackie Serra.
Duran, 24, and Soler, 23, had stopped for gas at the Mobil Mart at Northwest 57th Avenue and 167th Street when they were approached by McFarlane, Wayne Williams and Eric Ellington, police said.
Surveillance video captured the crime and showed a suspect, who police say is Ellington, drag Soler out of his Ford Mustang Cobra and shoot the man at point-blank range 11 times.
Duran was shot and killed next to the car.
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Ellington and Williams were just 16 at the time of the crime. McFarlane was 18.
Ellington told detectives that he shot Soler because he "didn't look scared enough" during the carjacking, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said.
Police said the three teens went on a crime spree earlier and stole a Nissan Pathfinder and tried to rob a bank before going to the gas station.
Ellington was also convicted of murdering Soler and Duran. He received a life sentence. Williams agreed to a plea deal of 17 years in prison for his involvement.
McFarlane faces life in prison at sentencing.
