Wis. man, 76, guilty in fatal shooting of teen
Source: Associated Press
Wis. man, 76, guilty in fatal shooting of teen
By DINESH RAMDE, Associated Press | July 17, 2013 | Updated: July 17, 2013 1:59pm
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 76-year-old Milwaukee man was found guilty Wednesday of fatally shooting his 13-year-old neighbor whom he suspected had broken into his home and stealing weapons. The trial now shifts into a second phase in which the defense will try to prove the defendant was mentally ill at the time of the shooting.
A jury convicted John Henry Spooner of first-degree intentional homicide in the killing of Darius Simmons in May 2012. Surveillance video taken from Spooner's own security cameras showed him confronting the teen that morning, pointing a gun at him from about 6 feet away and shooting him in the chest.
Spooner had entered two pleas to the homicide charge: not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. That set up the trial to be conducted in two phases: one to determine whether he was guilty of the homicide, and if so, a second to determine his mental competence at the time.
Spooner's defense attorney, Franklyn Gimbel, has said he has an expert who will testify that Spooner was suffering from mental disease at the time of the shooting that prevented him from knowing right from wrong.
Gimbel conceded from the outset that his client shot Darius. However, he argued that Spooner did not intend for the gunshot to be fatal.
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A 13 year old kid! 
