Overview
- The conviction, which came Wednesday, carries an automatic life sentence without parole with sentencing set for Friday at 10 a.m.
- Police found Samuels, 34, shot near the open door of a Jeep on the 1400 block of Russell Avenue North, where investigators collected 15 cartridge casings.
- Samuels filed for an order for protection three weeks before the killing, alleging Wright attacked her and held a gun to her head.
- Multiple witnesses said Wright tried to pull her from the Jeep before taking a bicycle from the car and riding away.
- The attorney’s office said she posted minutes before the shooting that Wright had threatened her family and damaged her car.