Gang Member Convicted in Slaying of Student
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A gang member was convicted Wednesday of killing a 15-year-old girl as she left Locke High School last March.
Dejuan Hines, 18, who was shooting at someone else, was convicted in Los Angeles County Superior Court of one count of murder and one count of attempted murder in the death of Deliesh Allen-Roberts.
Relatives of the slain girl called the verdict a “bittersweet victory.”
“I’m glad he was found guilty of a crime, but it’s tragic and the circumstances in which it happened, foolish,” said the girl’s aunt, Candacy Roberts. “I’m torn. Here is another young black man with a wasted life.”
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