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Jury convicts man in Jaguars player shooting

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The Associated Press

Published: November 5, 2009

JACKSONVILLE - A jury has convicted a 33-year-old ex-con of the attempted murder of former Jacksonville Jaguars offensive lineman Richard Collier in 2008.

The six-person jury deliberated two hours and 45 minutes before returning its verdict today against Tyrone Hartsfield at the end of a nine-day trial.

Hartsfield faces up to life in prison. The jury will now be asked to determine if he was also guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Collier watched much of the closing arguments while seated in his wheelchair in the courtroom gallery. He was shot six times as he waited in his car outside a Jacksonville apartment house. Collier was paralyzed and his left leg was amputated.

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