SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Elysha Bedell was found guilty Thursday, Dec. 4, on eight counts in the 2023 fatal shooting of Chaviz Nguyen.
Those counts include first-degree murder, first-degree assault, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and four counts of armed criminal action. The sentencing is set for 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 5.
The verdict came after jurors heard closing arguments in the first of several trials stemming from Nguyen’s death.
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Bedell, 19 at the time of his arrest, was charged in the shooting that killed Nguyen and injured Nguyen’s pregnant girlfriend…