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Kansas man convicted in shooting death of former wife

Pritchard- photo Shawnee County
Pritchard- photo Shawnee County

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Shawnee County jury has convicted a 59-year-old man in the death of his former wife.

Colin Edward Pritchard was convicted Friday evening of intentional second-degree murder in the 2015 shooting death of his former wife, 51-year-old Cindy Pritchard.

The jury had the choice either to find Colin Pritchard not guilty or guilty of premeditated first-degree murder, intentional second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Colin Pritchard claimed the shooting was an accident.

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