Jury Rules on West Hartford Murder Case

A woman who told police that she shot her boyfriend to death in self-defense two years ago in West Hartford was acquitted of murder on Wednesday but the jury convicted her of first-degree manslaughter with a firearm, according to the Hartford Courant.

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The Courant reports Angela Grasso, 29, of Plainville, who worked as a bail bondswoman in Hartford, will be sentenced in April and faces a minimum of five and a maximum of 40 years in prison.

Grasso shot and killed Jose Mendez, 23, on April 9, 2014 in West Hartford and told police that he had had threatened to kill her and her children and that when she shot him she believed it was her last chance to save herself, according to the Courant.

Read more about the jury’s verdict at the Hartford Courant here.