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Colorado road rage shooter convicted of 1st-degree murder

A Colorado man who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy after a road rage confrontation and wounded the boy’s mother, brother and a witness was found guilty of first-degree murder BRIGHTON, Colo. -- A Colorado man who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy after a road rage confrontation and wounded the boy’s mother, brother and a witness was found guilty of first -degree murder Wednesday. A jury deliberated for less than three hours before convicting Jeremy Webster, who was also found guilty of attempted murder and assault for the June 14, 2018, attack. Shortly after the verdict, a judge sentenced Webster to life in prison without parole, plus 192 years. Webster told police that he was not in his body or in control of his emotions during the attack, and that he witnessed his “arm doing the shooting” as if he were an outside observer. His lawyer, Rachel Oliver, said he had been losing his mind for years, and asked the jury to find him not guilty by reason of insanity, which would send him t...