OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A jury has convicted an Oklahoma City pharmacist once hailed as a hero after shooting a robbery suspect to death during a 2009 robbery.
Jerome Ersland was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Antwun Parker after the boy and another teenager tried to rob his drug store in a crime-ridden part of south Oklahoma City. Defense lawyers said Ersland had a right to protect himself and his workers.
Prosecutors said Ersland became an ``executioner'' when he shot Parker five times in the abdomen after initially knocking Parker over with a shot to the head.
A coroner's report said the later shots actually killed the teenager.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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