MEDFORD, Ore.- The verdict is in. A teenager from Grants Pass is headed to prison, found guilty of second-degree assault, but not attempted murder, after shooting another teen several times late last year.
18-year-old Joseph Lopez shot Andrew Ramirez just outside the front door of Medford’s Buffalo Wild Wings last December.
Lopez’s attorney argued Ramirez was also pulling a gun and Lopez fired in self-defense.
The jury started deliberating Friday and came back Monday afternoon.
They found Lopez guilty of second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon.
Lopez was acquitted on charges of attempted murder and first-degree assault.
His sentencing is set for September 3rd.
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