WJACTV.COM :: Horner Guilty of Murder

HOLLIDAYSBURG  —According to WJACTV.com, a Blair County jury has found a man guilty of first degree murder for fatally shooting two people during a sandwich shop robbery.

Closing arguments were made Tuesday in the trial of 31-year-old Nicholas Horner, of Altoona. Horner is accused of killing 19-year-old Scott Garlick, a Subway sandwich shop clerk, and 64-year-old Raymond Williams, who was a bystander, on April 6, 2009.

Prosecutors wanted the jury to convict Horner of first-degree murder and sentence him to death.  Now the jury will meet on Wednesday morning to decide if Horner deserves the death penalty or life in prison without parole.

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