A Montgomery County Circuit Court jury returned a verdict on May 18, 2026, convicting Jorden Hungerford, 20, on all four counts arising from the April 2025 killing of Henry Krishawn Gilbert in Gaithersburg, Maryland [1]. The charges, first-degree murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, survived to trial after prosecutors alleged Hungerford used fabricated social media messages to arrange a marijuana transaction under false pretenses [1]. The case proceeded through a ten-day trial before the Montgomery County Circuit Court in Rockville [1].
The evidence at trial established that Hungerford lured Gilbert to a meeting through deceptive online communications and shot him in the head while Gilbert sat in a parked vehicle [1]. Prosecutors characterized the killing as execution-style, reflecting a planned robbery rather than a spontaneous confrontation [1]. The jury convicted on all counts, returning no acquittals and no hung counts [1].
Sentencing has not yet been scheduled, and no date has been reported in available sources [1]. A first-degree murder conviction in Maryland carries a mandatory life sentence, though the precise sentencing posture, including any prosecutorial position on parole eligibility, has not been publicly confirmed [1].
No immediate appeal or post-trial motion filings have been reported as of publication [1]. The case has drawn attention from law enforcement and prosecutors as an example of social media-facilitated robbery schemes in which offenders construct false identities to arrange meetings with victims [1].