Rap singer accused in 2005 suburban Philly murder

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Jury deliberations could begin Monday in suburban Philadelphia in the death of a man said by authorities to have been killed over the theft of a gold chain.

Police say rap singer Earl Handfield II blamed 29-year-old Charles Jennings Jr. for the theft of a gold chain taken from around his neck at a convenience store. They allege that Handfield spotted Jennings in October 2005 and chased him down a Coatesville street firing a revolver.

But three people testified Friday that one of the prosecution's key witnesses in the murder trial had implicated himself in the shooting. Assistant District Attorney Thomas Ost-Prisco pointed out that none of the men has ever come forward to tell police that someone else was involved.

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