WILKES-BARRE — Selection of a Luzerne County jury began Monday in the Hazleton homicide trial of Frangel Garcia Andujar, who is charged in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Stanley Jimson and injuring four others in 2022.

Andujar, 23, opted not to accept a plea offer that was presented to him Thursday resulting in a jury trial on an open count of criminal homicide, criminal attempt to commit criminal homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.

The plea offer called for a sentence of 13 to 26 years in prison. If convicted of first-degree murder, Andujar could be sentenced to life in prison.

Hazleton City police and detectives from the district attorney’s office charged Andujar with fatally shooting Jimson and injuring four others during a party inside 182 S. Wyoming St. on Ma

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