LA Jury Finds Man Charged with Murder of Trader Joe's Employee Not Guilty, but Guilty of Dozens of Other Charges
Jurors convicted Atkins of more than 50 lesser counts after a 2018 cross-city crime spree, but deadlocked on second-degree murder in Corado’s death.
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Man who took hostages at Trader Joe's acquitted of murder in case where LAPD killed manager in gun battle
Gene Atkins was acquitted of murder charges in the 2018 death of Mely Corado, a Trader Joe's manager who was felled by LAPD bullets during a shootout between police and the convicted felon.
Suspect in Silver Lake Trader Joe’s shooting convicted of 40 counts — but not murder
He was convicted of attempted murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm on a peace officer, fleeing a pursuing peace officer's motor vehicle while driving recklessly, attempted carjacking and mayhem.
LA jury finds man charged with murder of Trader Joe's employee not guilty, but guilty of dozens of other charges
While Gene Evin Atkins, 36, was acquitted of first-degree murder, jurors deadlocked on a second-degree murder charge and convicted him on 40 other charges, including attempted murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm on a peace officer, attempted carjacking, and mayhem.
A man accused of shooting his grandmother before a police chase that ended in a deadly confrontation and shooting at a Trader Joe’s in Silver Lake was found not guilty of the most serious charge against him on Tuesday in a Los Angeles courthouse. Gene Atkins was facing 40 felony charges in connection with the attack that wounded his grandmother and his girlfriend, and the subsequent armed confrontation that resulted in the shooting death of Trad…
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