A 23-year-old man is facing 30 years to life in prison after being convicted of fatally shooting a man in East Orange that he wrongly thought belonged to a rival gang.
David Parker, 23, of Irvington, was convicted in a jury trial of first-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, according to a press release from Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II.
The jury returned its verdict of guilty on Feb. 5, after four days of testimony…