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Man convicted in mall shooting

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WEST PALM BEACH (AP) – Jurors have convicted a Lantana man of a fatal Christmas Eve shooting inside the Boynton Beach mall.

Wilson Pierre now faces a faces a minimum of 25 years in prison. He was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in connection with the death of 24-year-old Berno Charlemond.

Police say the fatal shooting inside the mall on Dec. 24, 2006, was gang-related. Investigators initially arrested another man in the shooting, but he was later released.