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CHICAGO (WLS) — A guilty verdict has been reached in a trial over the Chinatown shooting death of a 71-year-old man who was out for a walk nearly four years ago.

Jury deliberations began Thursday, where they returned a guilty verdict for Alphonso Joyner’s first-degree murder charge.

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Woom Sing Tse was shot to death in 2021, not far from an elementary school in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood.

Jurors deliberated for about an hour before convicting Joyner.

Prosecutors did not claim any motive for the shooting during court proceedings.

“This senseless act of violence robbed Woom Sing Tse’s family of a beloved and doting grandfather, and it traumatized the entire Chinatown community. While today’s guilty verdict cannot erase the pain and grief of Tse’s loved ones, we hope this outcome provides some comfort in knowing that justice has been served,” a statement from Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke read.

The shooting of the 71-year-old man in the middle of the day across the street from an elementary school angered many in the community.

Tse was taking a walk in the 200-block of West 23rd Street in the heart of Chinatown. That’s when police said Joyner, who was 23 years old at the time, fired numerous shots from a car in the street. Then, he got out of the car and stood over Tse before firing more shots.

Prosecutors said a total of 22 rounds were fired.

The Chinatown neighborhood watch responded quickly that day, providing police with numerous videos from security cameras. Police used license plate identification to locate the suspect within an hour of the shooting.

Tse’s family has been waiting for the trial, hoping for justice.