Jurors decide bicyclist's death was manslaughter
Angry teen chose random victim
Frustrated over what police believe was his failure to rob several people, Charlie J. Scott said he would shoot the next person he saw.
As he and another man drove across the Driving Park Bridge in northeast Rochester last year, they encountered bicyclist Fred Mason, 19, who was heading home after visiting a cousin.
According to the driver, Scott said: "I'm so mad I'm going to shoot somebody. See that guy on the bike? He's going to get it."
Scott fired a .22-caliber sawed-off rifle from the passenger window of the car, hitting Mason in the left side. Mason, whose aorta was severed, flagged down a motorist for help but died at a hospital.
A Monroe County Court jury on Tuesday acquitted Scott of second-degree murder but convicted him of first-degree manslaughter in Mason's death on July 10.
Charlie Scott faces a mandatory prison sentence ranging from five years to 25 years when he's sentenced June 4.
clipped from: democratandchronicle.com