Henrico jury finds aspiring rapper guilty in shooting

“You are my sacrifice,” Brown said he heard El-Amin say before he fired a bullet that ripped through Brown’s hand, deflecting it enough that it missed his head.

wafeeq-sabir-el-aminBY LIZ SAWYER Richmond Times-Dispatch

A Henrico County jury today found an aspiring rapper guilty of the malicious wounding of his best friend, as well as two other drug and weapons charges stemming from a night of marijuana and meditation last December.

During a two-day trial in Henrico Circuit Court, the jury heard several conflicting version of the Dec. 26 shooting and doping incident, which left childhood friends pointing the finger, and ultimately a gun, at one another.

Wafeeq Sabir El-Amin, 27, suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen, but was charged for firing at his music partner’s head first, according to testimony.

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