Article: VERDICT REACHED IN KILLING : PALMDALE MAN CONVICTED OF VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.(NEWS)

Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer

A young Palmdale man accused in a birthday party shootout that killed one man and injured three others, including the defendant, was convicted Wednesday of voluntary manslaughter instead of murder.

The jury also convicted 22-year-old Albert Jurgen of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with regard to the two teen-agers who were injured in the December 1995 shooting, officials said.

``The jury decided it was voluntary manslaughter, that heat of argument caused it,'' Deputy District Attorney Richard Naranjo said. ``The jurors were hung up between second-degree murder and voluntary ...

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