LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ An Arkansas man accused of firing his gun into another
driver’s car and killing a 3-year-old boy in the back seat has been convicted of
murder.
Jurors on Wednesday found Gary Eugene Holmes guilty of first-degree murder and
terrorist threatening in the December 2016 death of Acen King.
The boy’s grandmother says she was stopped at a stop sign when Holmes honked
his horn, got out of his car and fired into her car. A police affidavit says a
woman who was in Holmes’ car told investigators he was angry because he thought
the car behind him was tailing him too closely.
Defense attorneys argued the shooting could have been accidental and that
Holmes shouldn’t be charged with murder.
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