Man convicted in St. Paul assault rifle killing
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Ramsey County jury has convicted a man accused of using an AK-47 assault rifle to gun down another man leaving a St. Paul house party.
Jurors found Aaron Morrow guilty of first-degree murder in the Sept. 26, 2010, fatal shooting of 21-year-old Joe Anthony Rivera.
Morrow also was convicted of attempted first-degree murder for shooting at two other men during the attack. Rivera's nephew, David Chavez, was wounded in the hip.
Chavez told police that he and Rivera had been at a party where a friend of Morrow accused Chavez of stealing his cellphone. Chavez said when he and Rivera left the party, Morrow approached them with an AK-47 and opened fire.
Police found the cellphone on the floor of the room where the party had been.
Morrow will be sentenced Tuesday.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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