Guilty verdict for murderer of Brooklyn mother of 12
A Brooklyn jury has returned a guilty verdict for Andrew Lopez for the murder of Zurana Horton and the injury of two others. Convicted of second-degree murder and assault in the first degree, Lopez, 20, faces a potential sentence of life in prison when he is sentenced by Justice Vincent Del Giudice.
In October 2011, Lopez and his co-defendant and half-brother Jonathan Carrasquillo, 24, were arrested in connection with a shooting in Brownsville’s Howard housing projects.
Surveillance footage, provided as evidence to the jurors, captures the horrific event as it unfolded.
The video shows Horton, a mother of 12, on the street near a school immediately prior to the shooting. It shows her attempting to shield herself from the spray of bullets, and ultimately her fatally wounded body on the sidewalk.
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