Akeem Hargrove, left, is defended by attorney Stanley Booker during his aggravated murder trial. Jury deliberations are set to continue today.

YOUNGSTOWN — Deliberations by the jury in the Akeem Hargrove aggravated murder trial will resume today in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court after the jury went home Friday without reaching a verdict.

Court officials said today the jury deliberated until about 6 or 6:30 p.m. Friday before going home for the weekend. Their deliberations will resume this morning.

Hargrove’s trial started with jury selection Aug. 11 and continued with opening statements and the start of testimony Tuesday. Testimony continued through Thursday.

Closing arguments by the attorneys and jury instructions from Judge Anthony D’Apolito took place Friday morning, followed by the jury starting to deliberate midday.

Hargrove, 32, of Youngstown did not testify on his own behalf, but his co-defendant, Zachary Bair, 35, testified, as did Hargrove’s ex-girlfriend. Assistant Summit County prosecutor Christopher DeLisio told jurors in opening statements Monday that Bair “confessed to committing the murder of Devin Bell with Akeem Hargrove.

DeLisio is one of two special prosecutors handling the case after the Mahoning County prosecutor’s office asked to withdraw because of a conflict of interest. Maro represented Hargrove in the case starting in 2023 as defense attorney. She was elected county prosecutor in November 2024.