Man found guilty of murder in Pomona shooting death
Photo: Michael McKee and his girlfriend Julie Finneran (from MySpace).
POMONA - A jury of eight women and four men deliberated for about three hours today before finding a man guilty of first-degree murder for the Dec. 6, 2008 shooting death of Michael McKee, 30.
Louis Wilson, 34, will face at least 50 years to life for McKee's killing when sentenced, which is scheduled for April 15 in Pomona Superior Court.
"I'm glad that we took the guy off the streets," said McKee's father, Greg McKee, after the verdict was read. "We have waited 15 months for this."
Prosecutors accused Wilson of killing McKee because he believed McKee molested his best friend's young daughter, and because McKee's girlfriend rejected Wilson's sexual advances the day of the killing.
McKee was shot six times, with three shots hitting his head, as he sat in his car at about 8:40 p.m. in the 2500 block of South Virginia Avenue in Pomona.
In testimony Monday, Wilson said he was present when the shooting happened, but denied he was responsible.
Wilson testified that a man he didn't recognize was sitting in a nearby parked car when he and McKee arrived in the Virginia Avenue cul-de-sac.
According to Wilson, the man shouted that he was acting to avenge McKee's alleged molestation, then opened fire on the Pomona man.
In her closing argument to jurors this morning, Deputy District Attorney Stacy Okun-Wiese called Wilson's testimony a "fabulous drama" and "a show," noting that Wilson never told police about the other alleged shooter.
"The first time anybody hears this story is in the courtroom yesterday," Okun-Wiese said.
After McKee was shot, Wilson testified that he walked back to a friend's home in a Mission Avenue mobile-home park, then showered and washed his clothes with bleach.
Prosecutors said Wilson's actions indicate his guilt, but Wilson claimed he acted to avoid suspicion even though he was not responsible.
In testimony last week, a woman testified that Wilson confessed he had shot someone in the hours after the shooting, and asked her to help him craft an alibi.
Wilson acknowledged in his testimony that the woman's statements were true, but he said he confessed to the killing to coax the woman in to bed, and tried to craft an alibi because he wanted to avoid suspicion.
Okun-Wiese ridiculed Wilson's testimony in her closing argument, saying Wilson's actions were not those of an innocent man.
"This defendant told you that he watched his friend get murdered," the prosecutor said. "Then what does he do? He goes and has sex."
Asked what he thought of Wilson's testimony, McKee's father said: "That's [expletive]. Whatever he said in there was [expletive]."
When Wilson was arrested the day after McKee's killing, he was holding a photograph of his best friend's daughter.
He testified that he had the photograph with him because he wanted to explain to McKee's family what motivated the other alleged shooter to kill McKee.
About six months before McKee was killed, Pomona police investigated allegations that the girl was molested and concluded the allegations were unfounded, according to testimony during Wilson's trial.
GUILTY
Now we can move on. God bless the McKee family.
This was not justice,this was revenge,poor Wilson.He murdered because he knew McKee was a despicable child molester...i mean...if your daughter or any other little girl that you knew was molested and you killed the coward then it should be a heat of passion murder.
Poor Wilson my as*. He is a maniac. A murderer and a piece of scum. Michael did not molest the girl according to any evidence. I sat in the courtroom during Wilson's testimony, he himself stated that he did not believe Michael molested the girl. Do you know why he says he doesn't believe Michael did it? He says HE WAS IN THE ROOM when it supposedly took place. So which is it? He was so cranked out of his mind during the police interview. It was obvious through the trial that the only thing motivating this nut case in life was sex, he killed Michael to solidify his sex life with the accuser. He used Michael's murder to bed a woman the night of the killing. I do not believe Michael molested anyone and the only thing I blame him for is surrounding himself with these low life meth addicted gang affiliated trailer trash. Rot in prison MURDERER
MICHAEL WAS NOT A CHILD MOLESTER YOU STUPID PIECE OF SH**
MIKE WAS KIND AND WOULD NEVER HURT NO ONE , AND HE WOULD NEVER NEVER HURT A CHILD , IM SICK OF HEARING THIS CRAP , WE KNEW MIKE , THE ONLY PERSON MIKE EVER HURT WAS HIMSELF , THIS WAS A TOTAL LIE MADE UP BY THAT PIECE OF SH** WILSON , HE MURDERED MIKE IN COLD BLOOD IT WAS NOT TO AVENGE A CHILD WHO WAS MOLESTED , BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CHILD MOLESTATION JERK , BY GOD MIKE IS NOT HERE TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF SO WE WILL BE HIS VOICES THE ONES WHO LOVE HIM , AND I WILL DEFEND MY NEPHEW , THIS WILSON NOT ONLY KILLED MIKE BUT BROKE THE HEARTS OF EVERYONE WHO LOVED MIKE , KNEW MIKE , I HOPE HIS SORRY PIECE OF SH** A** ROTS IN PRISON SLOWLY , AND I HOPE HIS SOUL ROTS IN HELL love you mike Aunt Debbie
To Julie, Aunt Debbie and all of Mike's loved ones, my heart goes out to you. In july of 09 i too lost a loved one (my boyfriend and the father of son) he was shot in cold blood in the parking lot of a super market. I know first hand all the pain you are going thru. Thank God justice will be served. My prayers are with you. May God bless all of you.
really poor wilson
some people make me sick mike was one of the many we have lost in our family our family has to deal with grief all the time its hurtful to come on these sites and see people bash our love one who is no longer here and he cant even defend himself when you say poor wilson you have no idea who you are talking about and if any more retards want to write something nasty are say my cousin desreved to be killed then you better read longer then a paragraph it clearly states mike did not molest anyone anyone can point there finger at someone and say they molested them but there is evadence to our actions and mike had none iam completly upset knowing i have brought my son into this word with people like wilson and with ingnorant people like you i hope this never happens to your love one death is something you never wish on anyone i dont even wish death on wilson thats for god to deal with i get more satisfaction knowing wilson will rot in prison for the rest of his life he wil have to life with what he did everyday if mike was a child molester he would not be dead he would be where wilson is siting today
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