CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) - Prosecutors say a Clovis man has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a 2017 fatal shooting.
The Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that a Curry County jury has returned a guilty verdict against 31-year-old Darryl Turner after a four-day trial.
Prosecutors say Turner now is facing at least six years in prison and could have his sentence enhanced by prior felony convictions.
A sentencing date hasn’t been set yet.
Turner was indicted last May on a second-degree murder charge in the September 2017 shooting death of 30-year-old David McDonald.
He was found wounded at a Clovis apartment complex and later died at a hospital.
After the shooting, authorities say Turner fled to California, where he was arrested on unrelated charges and then extradited to New Mexico.
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