RIVERSIDE — The murder trial for a man who allegedly killed someone while leaving a poker game has ended in a mistrial.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, prosecutors said Ryan Wilson planned to rob David Mills at the Poker Hub on Burkhardt Road in Riverside.
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They said Wilson hit and killed Mills with a car while trying to get away.
Forensic pathologists with the coroner’s office, doctors and Riverside police officers were called to speak during Wilson’s three-day trial.
Prosecutors told the jury that Wilson knew the victim carried cash and poker chips in a fanny pack when he left the poker hub.
They believe he recruited two people the victim didn’t know to rob him.
But prosecutors said the men robbed Mills after he came over to the car Wilson was driving.
After that, Wilson reportedly hit Mills with the car, causing him to fall backwards and suffer from fatal injuries.
The jury spent two full days deliberating the testimony they heard and the exhibits they watched, but they couldn’t reach a verdict.
“And everyone else raised their hands, so with that, the Court is going to find that there has been a mistrial. In this, I want to make a very distinct record, the mistrial in this case is based on a jury deadlock, not any misconduct,” Judge Kimberly Melnick said.
The mistrial does not mean this case, but they are rare.
Since this case resulted in a hung jury, prosecutors are planning to retry Wilson.
He remains booked in the Montgomery County Jail.
News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.
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