A jury found a man guilty of second-degree murder in a retrial in the shooting death of a woman killed by an LAPD bullet during a shootout at the Silver Lake Trader Joe’s in 2018.
During his first trial in June, Gene Atkins, 36, was acquitted of first-degree murder but the jury deadlocked on the second-degree murder charge.
Atkins was, however, found guilty on 40 other counts, including attempted murder, false imprisonment, attempted carjacking, and mayhem.
Atkins was charged with causing the death of Melyda “Mely” Corado, an assistant manager who was struck and killed by an LAPD officer’s bullet during an exchange of gunfire…