Jefferson Parish jurors deliberated for four hours Thursday before voting to convict the defendant charged with shooting and killing a handyman who was repairing a mailbox at a Kenner residence three years ago.
Maurice Holmes, 28, of Kenner, was found guilty of first-degree murder following a three-day trial, court records said.
Holmes and his co-defendant, Tahj Matthews, 26, were accused of in the death of 66-year-old Lawrence Herr, of Metairie. No trial date has been set for Matthews, who is also charged with first-degree murder.
Herr was gunned down on the morning of April 10, 2023, in front of a home on Georgetown Street in Kenner. He’d been hired to do repair work at the vacant residence, including installing a mailbox, a medicine cabinet and door handles, according to authorities…