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A Connecticut man has been convicted of murdering a fellow motorcycle club member in what he claimed was an accidental shooting outside the group's headquarters in Torrington in 2008.
A state court jury in Litchfield convicted Kevin Campbell on Monday in the killing of 51-year-old Roland Lagasse, who was president of the Forbidden Motorcycle Club. He faces 25 to 60 years in prison when he is sentenced April 10.
It was the second trial for the 57-year-old former Watertown resident. The first trial ended in a hung jury.
Witnesses said Lagasse got into a fight with Campbell's brother about whether a new club member should receive his first-year patch. Campbell testified he pulled a gun on Lagassee in self-defense and it fired by accident.
Jurors said they didn't believe Campbell.
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