Man Convicted in Arkansas Graduation Shooting Gets 105 Years in Prison

Man Convicted in Arkansas Graduation Shooting Gets 105 Years in Prison
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HOT SPRINGS, Ark.—A jury has convicted a man accused of firing a gun into a crowd following a high school graduation ceremony in Arkansas, killing one and injuring four others.

At the end of the five-day trial in Garland County Circuit Court, the six-man, six-woman panel deliberated for less than an hour Friday before convicting Charles Johnson Jr., 26, of first-degree murder in the 2022 death of Michael Jordan, 39, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.