Usa news: A jury Friday found rapper Tory Lanez, 30, guilty in the July 2020 shooting of hip hop star Megan Thee Stallion, 27. Lanez was charged with discharging a firearm with gross negligence, assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm, and was convicted of three felony counts after about a day and a half of deliberation: assault with a semiautomatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
Lanez showed no visible reaction as the verdict was read. He was handcuffed while in the courtroom.
The jury received the case late Thursday morning after Lanez’s defense completed a closing argument from a day earlier and Los Angeles County prosecutors gave a brief rebuttal.
Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, pled not guilty on all counts ahead of his trial, which began Dec. 12 and included testimony from Megan, whose legal name is Megan Pete, as well as her former friend Kelsey Harris and eyewitness Sean Kelly. Lanez did not testify.