A Boston teen was acquitted in the 2011 murder of an Irishman but convicted of separate double shootings, the Suffolk District Attorney’s office announced.
Jurors in late March found John Graham, 19, innocent of first-degree murder and armed assault in a botched robbery attempt that killed Ciaran Conneely. His death has shaken the Boston Irish community.
Twenty days after Conneely’s murder, Graham shot two young men he was trying to rob, nearly killing one man. The men did not identify Graham as their assailant during the trial.
Graham was convicted on two counts of armed assault with intent to rob and single counts of armed assault with intent to murder, aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and other offenses.
Friends of Graham testified during the trial that he boasted about killing Conneely, the district attorney’s office said. A ballistician also testified that the same gun was used in both shootings, according to the district attorney.
Graham was 16 at the time he was arrested for Conneely’s murder.
