CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The jury is deliberating in the trial for the 19-year-old charged in a double homicide in the city’s Slavic Village neighborhood.

Phoenix Brown was indicted on the charges of aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, receiving stolen property, tampering with evidence, and having weapons while under disability.

Brown’s trial began on Oct. 14 in front of Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Richard Bell and the jury started deliberating on Oct. 21.

“The amount of violence committed by young people is plaguing our community,” said Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley in a previous statement.

Cleveland police and EMS were called out to Warner Road and Jeffries Avenue around 1 a.m. on Jan. 14 for a report of a car hitting a pole.

When they arri

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