St. Augustine football standout argues self-defense in 2020 double shooting that left 16-year-old, her boyfriend dead

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Anfernee Wilson, who was 19 when he was first charged in the double shooting, initially pleaded guilty to the deaths of Sydnie Rounsville, 16, and her boyfriend, Kyle Stein, 21. Now he hopes to convince a jury he fired in self-defense.

in a 2020 double shooting that left a 16-year-old schoolmate and her 21-year-old boyfriend dead hopes to convince a jury he was acting in self-defense.

But Wilson petitioned last October to change his plea -- a request that was granted in April, setting up a double murder trial this week in which Wilson’s attorneys are arguing he fired into the truck in fear for his life.Prosecutors, however, have a different perspective, saying it was Wilson who chased Stein and Rounsville in the truck before opening fire -- giving him plenty of time to think about what he was doing.

“Mr. Wilson met with Kyle Stein and Sydnie to purchase marijuana. Mr. Wilson gave them money but then wanted the money back because of the poor quality of the marijuana being given to him. They said no and an argument ensued,” defense attorney Daniel Hernandez said during opening statements Tuesday. “When he was chasing them, he had the opportunity to think about what he was about to do. After Kyle crashed his truck, he didn’t, and that’s called premeditated first-degree murder,” State Attorney Kenneth Johnson said. “Then when he used that force and went inside their vehicle and stole money, a cellphone and marijuana, that’s a robbery and that’s called first-degree felony murder.

 

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