Sacramento County jurors convicted a man of second-degree murder in a deadly 2021 shooting at a Carmichael apartment.
Larrel Martin Weathers, 39, was convicted Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court of second-degree murder, shooting at an inhabited dwelling and being a felon in possession of a firearm in the June 21, 2021, shooting death of Marcellus Cory Baker-Lee.
Weathers faces up to 61 years to life in state prison when he is sentenced May 8 before Sacramento Superior Court Judge Ernest Sawtelle.
He remains in custody at the Sacramento County Main Jail pending sentencing.
Weathers was carrying a firearm when he went to a Carmichael apartment to confront a man involved in a dispute with his sister, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office.
Weathers forced the man to sit outside the apartment. Baker-Lee was inside and was opening the door when Weathers fired a fatal shot through the door.
Weathers fled the scene. His weapon was never recovered, prosecutors said.
Jurors on Tuesday also found true allegations that Weathers personally used a firearm causing death and had a prior residential burglary conviction.
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Darrell Smith is a local reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked at newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.