It took attorneys five full days to select the 14 jurors who will decide if Jakeem Towles killed a young hip-hop artist in Columbia two years ago.
Prosecutors allege Towles shot 20-year-old Cornell Stewart and should face the death penalty for putting others in "grave danger" that night.
Opening statements are expected Monday — the two-year anniversary of the day Stewart was shot.
Jurors are expected to hear testimony from witnesses who attended the music show at a Columbia entertainment hall and were outside when shots were fired.
Attorneys took a full week to select 12 jurors and two alternates.
Towles, a 22-year-old Lancaster man, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and related offenses. Lancaster County Judge Howard Knisely, after a recent hearing, allowed prosecutors to seek the death penalty.
Knisely will preside over the trial.
First Assistant District Attorney Christopher Larsen and Assistant District Attorney Todd Kriner are prosecuting; Towles is represented by veteran defenders Pat Spotts and Sam Encarnacion.
Stewart, a 2008 Lancaster Catholic grad and aspiring artist who used the moniker "Young E-Z," was in a group of people when shots were fired.
Towles allegedly had gotten into a dispute with others at the show. A group then went outside, according to reports.
Stewart may or may not have been the intended target. Investigators contend Towles fired shots at John Wright, who was next to Stewart. Towles and Wright had fought inside the fire hall, investigators said.
A bullet allegedly fired at close range from Towles' handgun struck Stewart in the head, police allege.
At least four witnesses identified Towles as the shooter during police interviews, according to prior testimony.
