A jury in Los Angeles found rapper Tory Lanez guilty on all three charges in the shooting of hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion on July 12, 2020 in the Hollywood Hills.
"The jury got it right. I am thankful there is justice for Meg," Megan Thee Stallion's attorney Alex Spiro told ABC News.
Jury deliberations began Thursday & a verdict was announced Friday afternoon.
Megan Thee Stallion, whose legal name is Megan Pete, shared her account of the incident in an emotional testimony last week & accused Lanez of shooting her following an argument.
Pete testified that on the night of July 12, 2020, she got out of a car following an argument with Lanez and as she walked away, she turned her head & saw him with a gun.
"He was holding the gun pointing at me," she said, & claimed that he said "dance b----" & fired his gun, injuring both her feet.
"I froze ... I felt shocked," she said. "I wasn't really sure if this was happening. ... I looked at the ground & saw the blood ... everyone was shocked."
Lanez, a popular rapper whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, was initially charged in October 2020 with 1 felony count each of assault with a semi-automatic firearm & carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. "Personal use of a firearm" is not a separate charge but a sentencing enhancement linked to the first count that could increase Lanez's possible sentence.
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Source: ABC News
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