MANHATTAN, N.Y. — A Manhattan jury has found Zaire Allen, 21, and Hassan Winston, 24, guilty in the March 2023 killing of Alonza Georgia, who was fatally shot during a gunpoint robbery in the lobby of his Harlem apartment building.

The verdict was delivered Thursday in New York State Supreme Court, where both men were convicted of multiple charges including second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Sentencing is scheduled for September 16.

According to trial testimony and court records, Allen and Winston traveled from Philadelphia to New York on March 26, 2023, and confronted Georgia, 24, inside the Saint Nicholas Houses near West 131st Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. Wearing masks and armed, the pair held Georgia at gunpoint, forced him outside the building, and shot him during a struggle before robbing him and fleeing in a rental box truck.

Georgia was taken to Harlem Hospital and died the following day from a gunshot wound to the torso.

Winston was arrested days later after police recovered a firearm and clothing matching surveillance footage from his apartment. Allen fled to Baltimore and was arrested in April 2023 after police found another firearm and matching clothing at his location.

“This conviction is a testament to the hard work and diligence of our Violent Criminal Enterprises Unit and I thank the jury for its service,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Allen and Winston now face decades in prison for the fatal robbery.

Hayes is expected to face disciplinary proceedings in addition to the criminal charge.

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