Two men have been sentenced to prison for the 2022 killing of a Gov. Mifflin High School student following a fight at Brookline Park in Reading.
Anthony Boria, 20, of Reading and Henry Madera, 19, of Spring Township were each convicted in October of third-degree murder and related charges for the shooting death of 18-year-old Amier T. Bibbs.
Boria and Madera were each sentenced Tuesday by Berks County Judge Thomas Parisi to 23 to 46 years in state prison.
A third defendant in the case, Julian Evans, 20, of Kenhorst, remains free on $250,000 bail pending further court action on third-degree murder and related charges.
According to investigators:
Dozens of teenagers gathered at the Brookline Park baseball field in the 1300 block of Meade Street on March 14, 2022, to watch a prearranged fistfight between two boys.
The group mostly consisted of current and former students from the Gov. Mifflin School District.
After the fight, several people in the crowd began arguing. Three people — Boria, Madera and Evans — began firing gunshots into the crowd. Bibbs and three other teens were struck.
Bibbs died at the scene.
A 16-year-old girl suffered multiple gunshot wounds to her torso and left thigh. Two other victims, males ages 18 and 17, suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and buttocks, respectively.
Investigators recovered 43 shell casings in the park.
Charges were filed against the suspects nine months after the shooting because investigators had to piece together evidence that included witness testimony, video footage and ballistics, officials said when announcing the charges in December 2022.
Investigators relied on District Attorney John T. Adams’ investigating grand jury to compel testimony from the three eventual suspects. The grand jury viewed a cellphone video of the fight recorded by the female shooting victim along with other video before or after the incident that contradicted the suspects’ testimony, according to the panel’s presentment that was included in the criminal complaints.
Boria and Madera were each convicted following a two-day bench trial in front of Parisi. They were each found guilty of third-degree murder, firearms not to be carried without a license, perjury (lying to the grand jury), false swearing, four counts of aggravated assault and seven counts of recklessly endangering another person. They were found not guilty of conspiracy.
Source: Berkshire mont