Crime Scene Unit officers bring files into the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice for start of opening statements in shooting death of Philadelphia Police officer Richard Mendez, Wednesday, November 12, 2025. Read more Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer

by Jesse Bunch Published Nov. 24, 2025, 11:30 a.m. ET

Two Camden men were convicted of murder and related crimes Monday in the shooting death of Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez at the airport in 2023.

Yobranny Martinez-Fernandez, 20, who fired the fatal shots, was found guilty of first-degree murder. Hendrick Pena-Fernandez, 23, was convicted of second-degree murder because he took part in the car theft that gave rise to the fatal shooting.

Both men face a sentence of life in prison without the p

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