ACCORDING TO THE ALTOONA MIRROR, THE TRIAL FOR ZAY PAYNE OF PHILADELPHIA AND ONYA LEWIS OF GALLITZIN COULD BE SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER. PAYNE AND LEWIS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH KILLING NATALIE WASHINGTON AND MIKAL JACKSON-STEVENSON IN WASHINGTON’S APARTMENT ON BEALE AVENUE IN MAY OF 2020. THE PROSECUTION HAS CHARGED PAYNE WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER, AS HE WAS LISTED AS BEING THE SHOOTER, WHILE LEWIS IS ALSO FACING SECOND DEGREE MURDER FOR PROVIDING PAYNE WITH A RIDE TO AND FROM THE CRIME SCENE THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING. POLICE SAY THAT THE MURDERS WERE A RESULT OF A DRUG SELLING DISPUTE.
