"Brian Green, 38, was going through a divorce when he went to the Central Avenue apartment he and his wife once shared and shot Jarmahl Sutson shortly after 4:20 a.m. on July 19, 2022, prosecutors said. Jurors ultimately rejected the original murder charge and convicted Green of manslaughter, a lesser-included offense. He was also found guilty of solicitation to commit a crime and breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, court records show."
""The verdict, I think, speaks for itself," Gordon W. Spencer said in a brief phone interview Thursday. He noted jurors declined to convict on first- or second-degree murder, instead finding that Green had acted in the "heat of passion." Prosecutors said Green, who worked as a commuter rail conductor at the time, had a history of physical violence toward his estranged wife and had "expressed suspicions over the weeks leading up to the murder that she had been dating Mr. Sutson,""
Brian Green, 38, went to the Central Avenue apartment he and his estranged wife once shared and shot Jarmahl Sutson shortly after 4:20 a.m. on July 19, 2022. Jurors rejected murder charges and convicted Green of manslaughter, solicitation to commit a crime, and breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony. Prosecutors presented surveillance camera footage and cellphone records placing Green at the scene. Prosecutors said Green had a history of physical violence toward his estranged wife and had expressed suspicions that she had been dating Sutson. After the shooting, Green broke into a cousin's home and asked him to dispose of a firearm and clothing; the cousin complied. Sentencing has not yet been scheduled.
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