Man convicted in San Diego-area school shooting
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A jury deliberated about an hour before convicting a man of attempted murder for repeatedly firing his gun at a San Diego-area elementary school.
Brendan O'Rourke was convicted Monday in the October 2010 attack at Kelly Elementary School in Carlsbad. Two second-grade girls were wounded in the attack.
U-T San Diego (http://bit.ly/z480yZ) reports that a prosecutor told jurors O'Rourke fired six times on a playground with 230 children as potential targets. A defense attorney questioned if O'Rourke intended to kill.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The same jury in Vista now must decide if O'Rourke was sane at the time of the killings. If he is found sane, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. If he is found insane, he will be sentenced to a state mental hospital.
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Information from: U-T San Diego, http://www.utsandiego.com