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Akron man found guilty in fatal mall stabbing

Posted at 6:33 PM, Feb 05, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-05 18:33:40-05

Deandre Baskerville was found guilty of stabbing Terrance Rogers to death outside of Akron's Chapel Hill Mall, the Summit County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday. 

Jurors found Baskerville guilty on two counts of murder, felonious assault, and carrying a concealed weapon. 

On Aug. 19, 2015, Rogers, 35, was shopping at Chapel Hill Mall with his fiance and two kids. Rogers and Baskerville got into an argument inside the mall. The two men continued to argue outside where Baskerville stabbed Rogers in the neck. Rogers stumbled back inside the mall where he eventually died. Baskerville escaped and was captured in West Virginia on Sept. 23, 2015 by United States Marshals. 

Baskerville is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 16 at 9 a.m.