Man found guilty of firing through door, killing victim in Carmichael shooting
Sacramento County jurors convicted a man of second-degree murder in a deadly 2021 shooting at a Carmichael apartment.
Larrel Martin Weathers, 39, was convicted Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court of second-degree murder, shooting at an inhabited dwelling and being a felon in possession of a firearm in the June 21, 2021, shooting death of Marcellus Cory Baker-Lee.
Weathers faces up to 61 years to life in state prison when he is sentenced May 8 before Sacramento Superior Court Judge Ernest Sawtelle.
He remains in custody at the Sacramento County Main Jail pending sentencing.
Weathers was carrying a firearm when he went to a Carmichael apartment to confront a man involved in a dispute with his sister, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office.
Weathers forced the man to sit outside the apartment. Baker-Lee was inside and was opening the door when Weathers fired a fatal shot through the door.
Weathers fled the scene. His weapon was never recovered, prosecutors said.
Jurors on Tuesday also found true allegations that Weathers personally used a firearm causing death and had a prior residential burglary conviction.
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