Man convicted of killing 'Judging Amy' actress

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LOS ANGELES—A gang member was convicted Friday of murdering a teenage actress from the television show "Judging Amy" and another person during a two-day shooting spree in 2005.

Damien Watts, 23, was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder.

He was arrested several months after he fired at a group of people outside an Inglewood apartment complex on Oct. 21, 2005, killing 16-year-old Tara Correa-McMullen and injuring two men.

Correa-McMullen was a co-star in the Martin Lawrence film "Rebound" and had a recurring role on "Judging Amy" as a former gang member named Graciela who was killed in prison. The actress' real name was Shalvah McMullen.

The day before she was killed, Watts fatally shot 31-year-old Thomas Sanders as he loaded laundry into a vehicle. Prosecutors said shots were also fired that day at three men who were fixing a car.

Watts faces life in prison without parole when he is sentenced next month.

A co-defendant, Joseph Wayne Jones, awaits trial for the deaths of the two victims and another man killed on Oct. 3, 2005. Jones is due back in court Feb. 2.