Man Found Guilty of Hiring Hit Man to Kill Pregnant Girlfriend

A 24-year-old Windsor man accused of hiring a hit man to kill his pregnant girlfriend when she decided not to have an abortion was found guilty on Thursday. 

Carlton "CJ" Bryan, appeared in court on Thursday on charges, including accessory to murder and conspiracy to commit murder, and was found guilty on all counts. 

The victim, Shamari Jenkins, 20,  was shot in the back of the shoulder when she pulled her Honda sedan over at Magnolia and Mather streets on April 29, 2013 and was rushed to Saint Francis Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

During the trial, the prosecutor said the shooting was over Jenkin's decision not to have an abortion.

Matthew Allen Hall-Davis, 28, of Vernon, was also arrested in connection with the case and charged with murder. Police said Hall-Davis used Bryan's gun  to kill Jenkins. 

He was found guilty and sentenced on May 1, according to online court records. 

Bryan was a passenger in the car at the time of the shooting, officials said, and investigators said they believed he was involved in planning Jenkin's murder.

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