A jury found a Rome man guilty Thursday of malice murder and other related charges in the 2021 killing of Scott Dennis Hayes.
Jeffrey Alfred Shedrick shot Hayes three times, once in the back of the head and twice in the back, in the woods between the Callier Forest Apartments on Dodd Boulevard and a Toyota dealership on March 22, 2021.
The motive for the killing still remains unclear. Shedrick was originally charged with felony possession of marijuana but that charge was dropped.
The trial lasted four days and was split into two parts. At one point Shedrick sought to fire his court appointed attorneys, who remained at the trial, but then recanted.
Shedrick was tried on the murder, tampering with evidence and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony charges and the jury separately considered a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. They found him guilty on all charges.
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