Apr 29, 2008 3:48 pm US/Pacific
Hayward Man Convicted Of Killing Dartmouth Student
OAKLAND (AP) ―
A jury has convicted a Hayward man of voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting a friend who had called him for help after a run-in with a group of college football players.
The Alameda County jury on Tuesday also found Christopher Hollis guilty of assault with a firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm in the shooting death of Meleia Willis-Starbuck, a 19-year-old Dartmouth College student.
Witnesses say she had called Hollis for help during an argument with University of California, Berkeley, football players and told him to bring a gun.
Hollis' attorneys say their client meant to shoot over the football players' heads to scare them, but he accidentally shot Willis-Starbuck instead.
Hollis could face six to 21 years in prison when he is sentenced July 14.
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