North Carolina

North Carolina man found guilty in 1-year-old's death

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A North Carolina man has been found guilty in the shooting death of a 1-year-old girl more than two years ago.

Local news outlets report the jury convicted Ramone Jamarr Alston on Thursday in the death of Maleah Williams, who was shot on Christmas Day 2015 as she played outside the family's Chapel Hill apartment.

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According to law enforcement, Maleah was killed when shots were fired from a car leaving the apartment complex.

Two other were arrested in the shooting, but charges were dropped against one of them and trial is pending for the second.

Alston's lawyer argued that while their client was there at the time of the shooting, prosecutors couldn't prove he was responsible.