Texas Man Convicted of Killing Officer, Then Attacks Bailiff

Murder defendant Otis McKane looks around the 379th District Court in San Antonio, Texas, during his capital murder trial in the shooting death of San Antonio Police Dept. officer Benjamin Marconi, on July 26, 2021. Robin Jerstad/The San Antonio Express-News via AP

SAN ANTONIO—A Texas man elbowed a bailiff attempting to handcuff him after the man was convicted of killing a San Antonio police detective.

Jurors deliberated about 25 minutes Monday before convicting Otis McKane, 40, of capital murder in the November 2016 fatal shooting of Detective Benjamin Marconi. Prosecutors were seeking the death penalty against McKane. The trial’s punishment phase began Tuesday afternoon.