A Los Angeles jury has found actor Michael Jace guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his wife two years ago.
The panel of six men and six women informed a judge Tuesday that it had reached the decision in the case against Michael Jace, who played a police officer on the television series "The Shield."
The verdict was read Tuesday after the weeklong trial.
Jace's lawyers acknowledged that he killed his wife April and argued that he should be convicted of voluntary manslaughter because it wasn't a premeditated act.
A prosecutor, however, told jurors that Jace was upset because his wife wanted a divorce and shot her in the back before taunting her and then shooting her in the legs.
Jace told detectives he didn't intend to kill his wife and only wanted to inflict pain.
Evidence showed the 53-year-old actor shot his wife three times in their home in May 2014.
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