Zegrean Guilty On 51 Charges In NY-NY Shooting
Shooter Found Not Guilty Of 1 Charge
POSTED: 8:07 pm PDT July 13,
2009
UPDATED: 8:39 pm PDT July 13,
2009
LAS VEGAS -- After 4.5 hours of jury deliberations, a guilty verdict has been returned in the New York-New York casino shooting case.Jurors found Steven Zegrean, a man accused of opening fire inside the Las Vegas Strip casino, guilty on 51 out of 52 charges.Zegrean was found not guilty on one charge of attempted murder with a deadly weapon.
Video: 911 Calls Show Chaos During Casino ShootingZegrean, 51, was arrested after the shooting in the early morning hours of July 6, 2007. His attorneys admit their client was the shooter, but claimed he was depressed and wanted police to kill him.Videotape from the incident shows Zegrean being tackled by a casino patron as he paused to reload his gun.A number of prosecution witnesses took the stand last week and described the chaos that unfolded that morning. Four people were shot and wounded, and a fifth person was trampled by panicked witnesses trying to get away from Zegrean.
Video: 911 Calls Show Chaos During Casino ShootingZegrean, 51, was arrested after the shooting in the early morning hours of July 6, 2007. His attorneys admit their client was the shooter, but claimed he was depressed and wanted police to kill him.Videotape from the incident shows Zegrean being tackled by a casino patron as he paused to reload his gun.A number of prosecution witnesses took the stand last week and described the chaos that unfolded that morning. Four people were shot and wounded, and a fifth person was trampled by panicked witnesses trying to get away from Zegrean.
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