PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Following a week-long trial, the man accused in the deadly 2023 shooting of another man at a family cookout in Providence has been found guilty.
Luis Sepulveda, 53, of New York, was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder and multiple gun-related charges in the death of 44-year-old Angel Rodriguez.
BACKGROUND: Suspect in deadly cookout shooting indicted on murder, gun charges
Officers responded to a home on Manton Avenue late on the night of May 14, 2023, where they found Rodriguez on the ground suffering from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital, where he later died.
According to the R.I. Attorney General’s office, the two men had resolved an argument from earlier that day. However, during a Mother’s Day party, a fight broke out in the garage. Sepulveda pulled a gun from his bag, fired two shots in the air, and then shot Rodriguez in the chest…