A former college football player has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his cheerleader ex-girlfriend. William Riley Gaul, 19, killed 16-year-old Emma Walker, in November 2016, a four-woman, eight-man jury concluded in a Knoxville court Tuesday after four hours of deliberation. He was given a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for 51 years. Gaul's defense argued he never intended to harm Walker, and fired shots at her in a misguided attempt to be her "hero." "When Riley Gaul fired that shot in the backyard, as crazy as it is, as bizarre as it is, he was hoping that he could come to her rescue."

Source: Fox News May 09, 2018 02:15 UTC