Man convicted in Iowa HS coach killing (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

A jury found an Iowa man guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder in the shooting of a nationally known high school football coach. It took the jury 24 hours over four days to reach its decision, finding Mark Becker, 24, guilty in the June 24, 2009, killing of Aplington-Parkersburg coach Ed Thomas. Becker gunned down Thomas, 58, in the school's makeshift weight room in front of students, shooting...

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