Youngstown Police Detective Michael Lambert holds up a key on a key chain that was found in the back seat of the car in which Christopher Jackson Jr., was found shot to death Nov. 18, 2018, on the East Side. Lambert was the final witness in the aggravated murder trial of Stephon Hopkins and Lorice Moore. Staff photo / Ed Runyan

YOUNGSTOWN — A jury found Stephon Hopkins and Lorice Moore, both of Youngstown, guilty late Friday of murder, attempted murder and felonious assault in the Nov. 18, 2018, shooting death of Christopher Jackson Jr. of Warren and the wounding of Carlos Davis III of Warren.

The jury of seven men and five women deliberated for about 3 1/2 hours before reaching its verdict about 6:45 p.m. It means both men, 25, will get a life prison sentence. Their first chance at parole could be after more than 30 years in prison, said Mike Yacovone, assistant prosecutor.

The jury did not find either man guilty of aggravated murder or attempted aggravated murder.

Yacovone said he is pleased with the verdict and noted that prosecutors were “a bit hampered” in that Davis refused to testify at the trial. Davis did, however, cooperate with detectives during the initial part of the investigation, according to testmony Friday in the case.

The four day-trial was overseen by Judge Anthony D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. No sentencing date has been set.

A third man charged in the case, Brian Donlow Jr., 26, was convicted of aggravated murder during a separate trial, also in front of Judge D’Apolito, who sentenced Donlow to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Donlow and Hopkins also were earlier convicted in another 2018 murder, and both were sentenced to 21 years to life in prison in that case. Its victim was Brandon Wylie, 30, who was shot to death in the Plaza View Apartments on the East Side.

Detective Michael Lambert of the Youngstown Police Department testified Friday in the Hopkins Moore case before jurors heard final arguments and began to deliberate. His testimony demonstrated how much information is available about a person’s movements and interactions by phone and social media.

As promised by prosecutors, Lambert was among witnesses testifying that DNA on the inside and outside door handles of the car in which Jackson was killed belonged to Moore and that a key found in the back seat of the car had Hopkins’ DNA on it. Jackson was found dead in the front passenger seat of a car at the corner of Bennington and Stewart avenues about 1:52 a.m.

Lambert testified that he tested the key found in the car in the door at Hopkins’ home on Detroit Avenue on the South Side, and it unlocked the door there.

But Lambert’s more extensive work was in finding Facebook pages for both Hopkins and Moore, securing Facebook and cellphone records of conversations and images of Hopkins and Moore and even a record from a taxi cab company about a ride Hopkins arranged several hours after the killing.

An autopsy indicated that nine bullets were fired into Jackson from behind in Davis’ car. Three guns fired the bullets.

Lambert testified that Davis cooperated with him and other detectives initially. When Davis was called earlier this week during the trial, he would not answer questions, saying “I plead the Fifth.”

Lambert testified Friday that he secured Facebook and phone records for Jackson and Stephon Hopkins and found that Jackson called Hopkins at just after midnight Nov. 18, 2018, and they spoke again at 12:36 a.m. and again just before 1 a.m.

Then Hopkins text messaged Jackson at 1 a.m., saying “Rockford Village,” the name of an East Side apartment complex. The next message clarifies “1354,” then another message saying “1354 Buckeye Ct,” an address in Rockford Village.

Then at 1:04 a.m., there was a 30-second call from Jackson to Hopkins, followed by a 17-second call eight minutes later from Jackson to Hopkins.

Under questioning by Yacovone, Lambert testified he secured a photo of Hopkins and his brother. Hopkins had a blue keychain hanging from his pants in the photo. It looks like the one that police recovered from the back of Davis’ car, Lambert said. During Lambert’s testimony, he held up the blue keychain and key for jurors to see and compare to the photo.

Lambert also testified to securing records from Moore’s Facebook account and a “thread” of text messages between Moore and Hopkins at 11:29 p.m. Nov. 17, 2018, in which Hopkins asked Moore “Where you at?”

That was followed at 11:59 p.m. when Hopkins sends a message to Moore in which Hopkins talks about having gone to Moore’s grandmother’s house but Moore had “just left.” There was another 1 a.m. call and then nothing until a 56-second 2:18 a.m. phone call between Moore and Hopkins, Lambert said.

“Between that, Christopher Jackson’s body was found on the East Side?” Yacovone asked.

“Yes,” Lambert said.

The Brian Donlow Jr. Facebook account shows Hopkins and Moore being Facebook friends of Donlow’s, Lambert testified.

Among the phone records Lambert received was one in which Hopkins called Independent Taxi about three times after the time of the murder, Lambert said.

The call log for Independent Taxi showed that a call from Hopkins’ phone number was made at 4:44 a.m. Nov. 18 to pick up someone an address in the Rockford Village apartments and take the person to an unspecified address on Detroit Avenue.

From Moore’s Facebook page, Lambert found a post from Donlow in which Donlow wished Moore a Happy “G day,” Lambert testified. According to the Urban Dictionary, “Happy G Day” is a birthday wish to someone with whom the wisher is close. It’s not clear when the post was written.

Lambert interviewed Moore at the Youngstown Police Department in January 2019, Lambert testified. Moore initially denied knowing Hopkins, but Moore later agreed that he did know him.