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After Only Hours of Deliberations, Jury Convicts Utica Man of Murder

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After just a few hours of deliberations, jurors have convicted a Utica man of murder.

Darnell Howard was found guilty around 12 p.m. Wednesday.

Howard shot and killed 22-year-old Rose Ortiz outside a Rome bar last year.

She was an innocent bystander who was hit when Howard fired shots during an argument.

In addition to second-degree murder, Howard was also convicted of first-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.(TWC News)

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