Long Beach man convicted in fatal shooting of neighbor
A Long Beach man who shot and killed his neighbor was found guilty of first-degree murder, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
A jury deliberated for about a day and a half before finding Mark Stephen Thurwachter, 58, guilty of fatally shooting Marvin Williams, according to a news release.
Williams, 64, and Thurwachter were neighbors at Arbor Mobile Village in Long Beach. Initially, the two men were friendly, but Thurwachter came to believe that Williams had stolen money from him, the prosecutor said.
On the evening of Feb. 1, 2012, neighbors heard a shot and found Williams critically wounded in front of his home. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Thurwachter, who never returned to his home, was eventually apprehended in Ohio. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 26.
-- Maloy Moore
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