ATLANTA — Opening statements are set to begin Wednesday morning in the Fulton County trial of a man accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner during the summer of 2020.

A jury was seated Tuesday after two days of questioning in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rachelle Carnesale. Jurors will now hear the case against Julian Conley, who prosecutors say was a gang member that opened fire on an SUV during a protest in southwest Atlanta. Turner, who was riding in the vehicle, was struck and killed.

The shooting happened near the burned-out Wendy’s on University Avenue, the site where Rayshard Brooks was killed by an Atlanta police officer weeks earlier. Prosecutors allege that Conley opened fire when the family tried to drive around a makeshift roadblock set up during the protest.

Judge Carnesale, who expects the trial to last about two weeks, oversaw wide-ranging questions to potential jurors, from whether they had ever heard of gangs such as the Bloods, to their use of social media.

Conley is one of two men charged in Turner’s death. The second suspect, Jerrion McKinney, pleaded guilty last year to aggravated assault, gang, and gun charges. He was sentenced to 40 years, with 20 to serve in prison.

Turner’s death drew national attention in the summer of 2020, as protests erupted across Atlanta following Brooks’ death. Prosecutors say Conley fired the shots that killed her, while his defense has maintained he was present but did not pull the trigger.

Opening statements are scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

WSB’s Veronica Waters contributed to this story