Terrel Barros Found Guilty of 2012 Murder of Jamal Cruz
PROVIDENCE,RI: Terrel Barros (age 24), with a last known address of 10 Spring Street, Fairhaven, was found guilty by a Providence County Superior Court jury for the August 26, 2012 murder of Jamal Cruz outside Monet Lounge nightclub in Providence.
Barros was found guilty on all counts: first degree murder, discharge of a firearm causing death, being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm without a license, assault with a deadly weapon, and discharge of a firearm injury resulting. The jury returned the guilty verdict after deliberating for less than five hours after an eight-day trial presided over by Superior Court Associate Justice Robert D. Krause.
Barros also shot and wounded, Rokiem Henley, a friend of the decendent.
Cruz, Henley and several other friends got in a minor verbal dispute outside the nightclub with Barros and a group of his friends. In the parking lot Barros weilded a 40 caliber Smith & Wesson firearm and shot and struck Cruz and Henley. Upon hearing shots fired, Providence Police Patrolmen Michael Pattie and Daniel Sirignano, who were working detail shifts at the nightclub, took Barros and his friend Stephen Bodden (age 22), who was attempting to hide the gun in the door panel of the vehicle, into custody almost immediately.
Providence Police Detective Angelo A'Vant led the investigation, and Special Assistant Attorney General Peter Roklan and Assistant Attorney General Stacey Veroni prosecuted the case on behalf of the Office of Attorney General.