Accused murderer Leroy Symons told police his brother killed Shane Minors to make a name for himself in the Parkside gang, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.Mr Symons told police in an April 2010 interview that Ronniko Burchall, his half brother, admitted shooting Mr Minors.He said after the shooting, Mr Burchall felt accepted.“He finally got what he wanted,” Mr Symons told police. “It’s all about being known. It’s not about revenge. It’s not a gang type of thing. It’s about Ronniko being accepted.”Mr Minors was fatally shot outside his lower floor apartment on South Terrace in the early hours of December 17, 2009. Both Mr Burchall and Mr Symons have been charged with the murder, while Mr Burchall alone faces an additional charge of using a firearm to commit an offence. Both men have pleaded not guilty to all charges.As their Supreme Court trial continued yesterday, the jury was shown a video recording of the April interview. During the interview, Mr Symons again told police that he had instructed his brother on how to use the firearm and gave him directions to Mr Minors’ home hours before the shooting.“Once he asked me that I knew what he was going to do,” Mr Symons said. “I didn’t think he was going to do anything that night.”However, later in the interview, he said that he didn’t think Mr Burchall “had the balls” to kill. He also said he knew Shaki Minors, the victims brother, was off the Island. While the victim was not believed to have been connected to gang activity, Shaki was reportedly involved with the 42 gang.The court has heard that in the weeks leading up to the murder the 42 and Parkside gangs had been involved in a series of “tit for tat” shootings, with Shaki being injured in one incident, and Gary ‘Fingaz’ Cann killed in another.Mr Symons told police that he later saw Mr Burchall at the Public Transportation Department, where Mr Burchall worked and spoke with him.He said during the conversation, Mr Burchall told Mr Symons that he had hidden the firearm in dirt near the scene of the murder. He said Mr Burchall asked his brother to tell Jahkeil Samuels, who he said owned the gun, where it was hidden.My Symons told the police that he did contact Mr Samuels, and asked the officers if that would make him an accessory to the crime.Asked if Mr Samuels might have played a part in the murder, he responded: “Jahkeil is a very smart guy. He can see when someone is trying to make a name for himself.“He saw my brother and thought he would to it. Jahkeil didn’t give my brother the gun for nothing.”The court also heard a conversation between Mr Symons and Mr Burchall, secretly recorded in the Hamilton Police Station holding cells on the same date as the interview.During the conversation, Mr Burchall accused Mr Symons of talking to police. Mr Symons admitted speaking to police on one occasion following the murder, saying he was scared, but told his brother that he had not said anything in subsequent interviews.The officer in charge of the case, Detective Constable Patrick Rock, told the court that on that day police had shown Mr Burchall footage of an earlier interview with Mr Symons, in which he first made his allegations.The hidden microphone also recorded the pair reading aloud a Royal Gazette article about Mr Symons appearing in court for a parole violation the previous day.The court heard that Mr Symons left the jurisdiction on March 3, 2010, and several weeks later attended the Notting Hill Police Station in London. He returned to the Island on April 5 and was arrested at LF Wade International Airport.Jerome Lynch QC, representing Mr Burchall, asked DC Rock about the progression of the investigation, from the time of the murder to when charges were filed.DC Rock agreed that in the immediate aftermath of the murder police suspected that Mr Symons was either responsible for, or involved in, the killing.Mr Burchall, he said, was not a suspect until January 6, when Mr Symons first accused him.The trial will continue this morning.