Charleston Man Convicted Of Murder

• {Charleston, West Virginia}...A jury in Charleston convicted 20 year old Brandon Gray of first-degree murder in the June 2011 shooting death of Timothy Thompson. The jury recommended mercy for Gray, meaning he could leave prison after serving 15 years. The defense attempted to cast suspicion on local attorney, William Foster, who was with Thompson earlier in the day and who dropped him off on the West Side minutes before his death. Foster died of a drug overdose the day after a mistrial was declared in Gray's first trial in February. Prosecutors said he had been on the witness list. Gray took the witness stand in his own defense, and testified he had been on his way to meet Thompson when he heard shots ring out. He denied being the shooter.