LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - A prosecutor urged jurors today to convict a man of second-degree murder for engaging in a gunfight with Los Angeles police in Silver Lake that left a Trader Joe's employee dead from an officer's bullet, while a defense attorney argued the shooting was not a foreseeable consequence of his client's actions.
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A prosecutor today urged the jury to convict a man of second-degree homicide for participating in a shooting with the Los Angeles police in Silver Lake, in which a Trader Joe’s employee died from an officer’s shot. On the other hand, the defense lawyer argued that the shooting was not a foreseeable consequence of his client’s actions. Gene Evin Atkins, 36, is charged with murder—in addition to having personally used and fired a firearm during th…