A jury convicted Deonte Lee Murray, 39, of attempting to murder three people, carjacking, robbery, assault with a firearm and possessing a gun as a felon.
A Compton man was found guilty Thursday of committing 10 felonies during an 11-day period that culminated in the attempted murders of two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies.
The jury found true allegations that Murray used a gun in each crime and that the attempted murders of the deputies, Claudia Apolinar and Emmanuel Perez-Perez, were willfull and premeditated, Siddall said. Murray was also convicted of attempting to murder a man whom he mistook for a plainclothes detective.Murray faces life in prison when he is sentenced, Siddall said.
Murray was also convicted of robbing a man of his Mercedes Benz and shooting him in the leg 10 days before he tried to kill the deputies.
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