Sentencing is scheduled Wednesday for a man who was convicted of second-degree murder for engaging in a gunfight with Los Angeles police outside a Trader Joe’s store in Silver Lake after a pursuit and crash leading to a store assistant manager being fatally shot by an officer more than eight years ago.
Gene Evin Atkins, 36, is facing up to 273 years and eight months to life in state prison as a result of his conviction on 41 counts involving his July 21, 2018, crimes.
Atkins was convicted in June of 40 counts, including 24 counts of false imprisonment of a hostage involving Trader Joe’s employees and customers, three counts of attempted murder and four counts of assault with a firearm on an officer…