by Brett Sholtis Published Oct. 23, 2025, 5:02 p.m. ET

A sixth person will go to trial over the September 2022 shooting outside Roxborough High School that killed 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde and wounded four others.

Zaakir McClendon, 20, will be tried for his alleged role in the deadly ambush, which began when five young men armed with handguns burst from an SUV and sprayed more than 60 bullets at a group of boys who had just finished junior varsity football practice.

Police said a sixth person was driving the SUV. Police arrested five people in the months after the incident but did not charge McClendon until August.

At a preliminary hearing — a court process to decide whether there’s enough evidence for someone to go to trial — Judge David H. Conroy reviewed video footage an

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