POMONA -- A judge declared a mistrial this week after a jury deadlocked in its deliberations over the guilt of an 18-year-old man charged with murder and other crimes for an alleged gang killing in south Pomona.
Prosecutors accused Ramiro Hernandez of acting as the driver in a Dec. 19, 2009 car-to-car shooting in which the other driver, 21-year-old Edgar Silva, was shot in the head and killed.
Authorities have not been able to identify the gunman in Silva's killing.
At the conclusion of Hernandez's trial Tuesday in Pomona Superior Court, jurors declared they were "hopelessly deadlocked" in their deliberations over the most serious charges against Hernandez -- murder and attempted murder.
Ten jurors believed he was guilty, while two felt he was not guilty, according to court records. The jury found him guilty of a misdemeanor for possessing ammunition as a minor.
Hernandez is set to return to court Friday for a pretrial hearing. He remains jailed in lieu of $2 million bail at Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles.
A man who was with Silva during the shooting testified in a preliminary hearing that when he and Silva first saw the other car, a man in the front passenger seat flashed gang signs and the vehicle left the area.
The men saw the car a second time at about 9 p.m. near Garey Avenue and Philadelphia Street. The passenger fired about four shots with a handgun at Silva's vehicle, according to Silva's friend's testimony.