By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
A man who shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith following a traffic crash nearly eight years ago has been convicted of manslaughter.
Just after midnight on Saturday, the jury deliberated for more than four hours and reached its verdict in the retrial of Cardell Hayes.
Stonix News reliably gathered that he faces up to 40 years in prison.
According to our source, the jury acquitted Hayes of attempted manslaughter in the shooting and wounding of Smith’s wife during the April 2016 confrontation.
Cardell Hayes
The city’s top prosecutor insisted during his closing argument that Hayes fired needlessly.
District Attorney Jason Williams, in a statement, said one gun was fired by one man, hitting Smiths wife in the legs.
The convict, Hayes, 34, was who owned a tow truck business, once played semi-pro football.
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