Sydney Reber of Boardman, left, Sydney Dunn of Boardman, center, and Jake Murphy of Youngstown, all friends of Rowan Sweeney's family, attend the calling hours for Rowan at Davidson-Becker Funeral Home in Struthers Monday afternoon. (Staff photo / R. Michael Semple)

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County grand jury has indicted two more men on charges in the killing of 4-year-old Rowan Sweeney of Struthers that could result in the death penalty.

Also, two women were indicted on charges accusing them of tampering for allegedly trying to eliminate evidence.

Indicted on death penalty-level murder charges is Brandon L. Crump Jr., 18, whose case came through Mahoning County Juvenile Court. Initially he was charged with aggravated robbery, but now is indicted on aggravated murder and other charges.

Also indicted on death penalty-level charges is Andre S. McCoy, 21, one of the four adults who was shot Sept. 21, 2020, at the Perry Street home in Struthers where young Rowan lived with his mother, Alexis Schneider, who also was shot.

The third person indicted on death penalty-level charges is Kimonie Bryant, 24, whose indictment included the possibility of the death penalty months ago. A superseding indictment now adds a conspiracy charge.

All five of the defendants now charged in the Perry Street crimes are expected to be arraigned on the new charges Tuesday.

One of the women now indicted on a tampering with evidence charge is Lawshawn A. Scott, 43, Bryant’s mother.

The other woman is Odyssie O. Butler-Reed, 19, Crump’s girlfriend.

Scott, of Youngstown, is accused of hiding her son’s cellphone on Sept. 21 to hamper the investigation.

Butler-Reed, also of Youngstown, is accused of deleting social media postings from Crump between Nov. 4 and Dec. 31, also to hamper the investigation.

The charges the women face are third-degree felonies, punishable by up to three years in prison if convicted.

Indictments against Crump were expected after Mahoning County Juvenile Court Judge Theresa Dellick bound over his case from juvenile court to adult court.

But Crump only was charged as a juvenile with an aggravated robbery connected to Bryant’s charges of killing Rowan and wounding the four adults.

Crump’s new indictment accuses him of being responsible for Rowan’s death and the attempted murders of the four adults — Schneider, 23, of Struthers; Cassandra Marsicola, 20, of Campbell; Yarnell Green Jr., 30, of Youngstown; and McCoy, of Youngstown.

In the indictments, McCoy also is accused of being responsible for the death of Rowan and the attempted murders of three of the four adults, not including himself.

Judge Anthony D’Apolito has approved a gag order in the case preventing any of the parties from discussing case facts, including the attorneys.

Under Ohio law, a person can be convicted in the death of another person even if they did not pull the trigger or otherwise commit the act that killed the person.

As Youngstown Law Director Jeff Limbian said last week regarding another murder case: “When you come to a gunfight and start a gunfight, you’re responsible for everything that happens from that point on. So regardless of whoever ultimately shot” a murder victim, an accomplice can be held equally responsible for it.

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