PITTSBURGH (AP) - A man has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the beating and bludgeoning death of a man during an argument in a western Pennsylvania apartment a year ago.
An Allegheny County judge also convicted 29-year-old Robert Hunter in a nonjury trial of evidence-tampering and a firearms crime in the May 2016 death of 35-year-old Mark Lopata.
Prosecutors said Hunter told them he hit the victim in the head with a hammer and then shot him. The victim’s landlord and neighbor found his body.
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Investigators said Hunter had been living with Lopata. Prosecutors said he was sentenced Tuesday to eight to 16 years in prison.
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