Good news from Jacksonville as a jury has convicted Tyrone Hartsfield of first-degree murder for the shooting of Jaguars offensive lineman Richard Collier.

Collier was paralyzed and lost his left leg after he was shot six times in a car outside a Jacksonville apartment building.

Hartsfield, 33, faces up to life in prison.

He was not happy with the trial and felt the location in the hometown of the Jaguars football team worked to his disadvantage.

Clearly, he hasn’t been watching the Jaguars this season. Their performance probably to his advantage.

The two men had an incident in April 2008, which resulted in Collier knocking out Hartsfield in a fight. Prosecutors felt that he had approached Collier to seek revenge.

It’s a tragedy that his career was ended at the hands of senseless violence, but luckily Collier is doing well and was present in the court room for the verdict.

TAGS: Jacksonville Jaguars, NFL, Richard Collier

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