Men guilty of 5 felonies in Subway case

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - The verdict is in for two men involved in an incident at a Subway restaurant that ended in gunshots.

Tippecanoe County Superior Court 2 Judge Thomas Busch returned the verdicts for 28-year-old Edward Mercer and 27-year-old Jarrod Rodriguez Tuesday morning.

Both men were found guilty of five felony charges, including two counts of robbery while armed with a deadly weapon and a count of theft. Mercer was found guilty of two charges of intimidation drawing or using a deadly weapon, and Rodriguez was found guilty of two charges of aiding, inducing or causing intimidation drawing or using a deadly weapon.

Busch found Mercer and Rodriguez each not guilty of conspiracy to commit robbery while armed with a deadly weapon.

Last July, Mercer and Rodriguez were negotiating the sale of tires and rims with two other men at the Subway on State Road 38. During the negotiations, several gunshots were fired in the parking lot.