Shane Minors was murdered in an attempt to avenge the death of Gary (Fingaz) Cann, according to prosecutors.Ronniko Burchall, 22, a childhood friend of Mr Cann, and Leroy Symons, 20, Mr Burchall’s half-brother, have both been charged with the murder of Mr Minors in December 2009.Mr Burchall has also been charged with using a firearm to commit murder.Both maintain their innocence.Making his opening statement yesterday morning in Supreme Court, Crown counsel Robert Welling said the murder was one of a “tit for tat” series of shootings between Parkside and 42, two known gangs on the Island.On December 15 that year, days before Mr Minors was killed, Mr Cann was fatally shot outside a home in Sandys.“He was good friends with Mr Burchall,” Mr Welling said. “They grew up together. They rode scramblers together.“The next morning Troy (Yankee) Rawlins was shot at on Court Street. These two incidents were the catalyst for the incident you will hear about in this case. Parkside had a clear reason for revenge.”Mr Welling said that Mr Minors was not involved in gang activity, but his brother Shaki Minors was reportedly connected to the 42 gang.At around 1.12am on December 17, Mr Minors was shot twice outside his home. One bullet passed through his right thigh, while a second pierced his left kidney, diaphragm and spleen, leading to his death.Later that morning, Mr Minors’ cousin found him lying at the bottom of a stairwell with his head laying on the bottom step and his legs in an awkward position.He told police that he thought his cousin might have slipped. After neither he nor Mr Minors’ father could rouse him, they called for help.Mr Welling alleged that Mr Burchall was the one who fired the fatal shots. However he said Mr Symons was also responsible because he helped his half-brother before and after the shooting.“The fact that he did not pull the trigger does not make him any less guilty,” Mr Welling said.He said Mr Symons admitted to police in an interview after the shooting that he instructed Mr Burchall on how to use the weapon safely, just hours before the shooting. He said he also told him about a “back way” to the South Terrace home that Mr Minors shared with his family.Mr Symons also told police that Mr Burchall admitted killing Mr Minors, Mr Welling said.And, Mr Symons said, Mr Burchall told him he had hidden the gun in “Cox’s yard”.Mr Symons said he was then asked by Mr Burchall to tell Jahkeil Samuels who he said owned the gun where it could be found.“He claimed he didn’t know what his brother was going to do,” Mr Welling said. “But in further interviews, he said he knew what he wanted to do but didn’t think he was going to do it that night.“How could he not know, or contemplate, what was going to happen?”Months after the shooting, Mr Welling said Mr Burchall confessed to the killing to Andrew Laws, saying that he felt betrayed after his brother spoke with police.PC Andy Beaupierre yesterday testified that he was on patrol at 6.17am when he was sent to the scene of the shooting.He said he found a pair of spent shell casings at the top of the stairwell where Mr Minors’ body was found.Shade Subair represents Mr Symons; Jerome Lynch QC represents Mr Burchall. Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves is presiding over the trial.The trial is scheduled to continue this morning.