Javaughn Adams was shooting to kill when he opened fire in Annapolis Westfield Mall, an Anne Arundel Circuit Court jury decided late Friday night.
Adams, 18, of Annapolis, was found guilty on two counts of attempted second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault charges and lesser handgun charges.
“He probably faces about 105 years if you added everything up,” said Kristen Riggin, spokeswoman for the Anne Arundel State?s Attorney?s Office.
Adams was “stoic,” when he heard the verdict, Riggin said.
“There was no anger. Everyone in the courtroom was pretty solemn.”
Adams was on trial this week for two counts of attempted first-degree murder in the Nov. 18 shootings of U.S. Secret Service Agent Paul Buta and Adams? high school rival Tahzay Brown, then 16, of Annapolis.
Buta, who intervened in the fight, suffered a gunshot wound to the hip that could have been life-threatening. Brown was shot in the lower leg.
The defense attorneys argued Adams was shooting to defend his friend Floyd Simms, 18, of Annapolis, who was ambushed by rivals from the Annapolis Gardens neighborhood. They said he was shooting downward, never intended to kill anyone and did not have time to premeditate his actions.
But prosecutors said Adams brought his gun to the mall to “settle the score” among rivaling groups from the Annapolis Gardens and Robinwood communities.
Adams is expected to be sentenced in January.
