Teen walked up to man eating 'tuna and crackers' outside supermarket and blasted him 5 times for no apparent reason, jury finds

Left inset: Albert Wright (Clayton County). Right inset: Fernando Barber (W.D. Lemon & Sons Funeral Home). Background: The Georgia supermarket analyzable and parking batch wherever Albert Wright changeable and killed Fernando Barber (WSB).

A Georgia antheral has been convicted of execution for shooting an unarmed antheral 5 times portion the unfortunate sat extracurricular a supermarket eating tuna and crackers.

Clayton County jurors recovered Albert Wright, who was 18 astatine the clip of the killing, blameworthy of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battle and 2 firearm offenses for the August 2023 slaying of 42-year-old Fernando Barber.

Wright is scheduled to beryllium sentenced on Nov. 17.

At trial, authorities prosecutors presented grounds that Wright walked up to Barber successful the aboriginal greeting hours of Aug. 25, 2023, and gunned him down extracurricular a supermarket successful Morrow.

Police responded and recovered Barber "lying successful the mediate of the parking batch unresponsive with 5 gunshot wounds to his body," according to a Clayton County District Attorney's Office press release.

"The unfortunate was unarmed eating tuna and crackers erstwhile helium was shot," the DA's bureau says. "Detectives were capable to get surveillance footage from the supermarket which identified the suspect … arsenic the shooter."

Wright allegedly fled to Virginia aft the shooting, wherever authorities located and arrested him. Authorities brought him backmost to Clayton County to prosecute him.

Prosecutors and constabulary ne'er disclosed a motive for the killing. It's besides unclear whether Wright and Barber knew each other.

"We don't cognize why," said Barber's aunt, Gloria Chisholm, successful a 2024 interrogation with section ABC affiliate WSB. "He was changeable aggregate times. Not one. Not two. But aggregate times."

Wright remains successful custody pending sentencing. His proceedings ran from Oct. 26 to Oct. 30.

"Our thoughts stay with Mr. Barber's family, who person endured unimaginable symptom and loss," Clayton County District Attorney Tasha Mosley said successful a statement. "I anticipation this verdict brings immoderate measurement of closure and bid to them."

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