A jury convicted David Wright, 51, of first-degree murder on Wednesday for killing his ex-girlfriend Mariah Samuels in Minneapolis minutes after she wrote on Facebook that he threatened her family and damaged her car, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said.
Wright was charged with first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree murder, second-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm.
The first-degree premeditated murder conviction means Wright will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the attorney’s office said. He will be sentenced on Friday at 10 a.m…