CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a girl as she rode a Chicago Transit Authority bus in 2008.
A jury deliberated for more than five hours Wednesday before finding 27-year-old Milton Wardlaw guilty in the death of 17-year-old high school senior Kiyanna Salter.
Salter and a friend were on a bus on Chicago's South Side when Wardlaw exchanged words with another passenger. A surveillance video introduced at trial shows Wardlaw leaving the bus through the rear door and firing a shot that wounds Salter. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
During testimony Wednesday, Wardlaw admitted he was carrying a gun the night of the shooting for protection. He said he fired the shot because he was scared.
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A jury deliberated for more than five hours Wednesday before finding 27-year-old Milton Wardlaw guilty in the death of 17-year-old high school senior Kiyanna Salter.
Salter and a friend were on a bus on Chicago's South Side when Wardlaw exchanged words with another passenger. A surveillance video introduced at trial shows Wardlaw leaving the bus through the rear door and firing a shot that wounds Salter. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
During testimony Wednesday, Wardlaw admitted he was carrying a gun the night of the shooting for protection. He said he fired the shot because he was scared.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
