A Sacramento County jury on Tuesday found a man guilty of second-degree murder in a shooting seven months ago in the parking lot of an Old Foothill Farms apartment complex.
Robert Anthony Abeyta, 38, was convicted in the deadly shooting of 48-year-old William Earl Atkins, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release. Along with the murder conviction, the jury found Atkins guilty of being a convicted felon in possession of a gun, along with an enhancement for using a gun in Atkins’ death.
The deadly shooting was reported about 12:20 a.m. April 18 at the apartment complex in the 4600 block of Ashdale Court, just north of Myrtle Avenue. The dispute between the two men that escalated to gunfire started earlier that night…