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Jury finds gang member responsible for man's death, but not for murder

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted Michael "Fresh" Stallings of involuntary manslaughter for the death of a man who developed a fatal asthma attack when running away while Stallings was shooting at him and two other men on a Blue Hill Avenue corner in 2012.

Suffolk County prosecutors had sought a first-degree murder conviction for Kelvin Rowell's collapse on Jan. 23 and his death 42 days later.

The jury acquitted Stallings of two counts of armed assault with intent to murder for the fusillade.

Prosecutors says Stallings, a member of the H-Block gang, was trying to shoot rivals from the Castlegate gang.

Rowell was not affiliated with any gang. Like others, he ran from the gunfire - but soon collapsed as he suffered a severe asthma attack brought on by the stress and exertion of fleeing down Pasadena Road. He was found unresponsive with his inhaler in his hand.

Rowell was rushed to Boston Medical Center, where he remained in a coma for 42 days.

Part of the evidence against Stallings was readings from the GPS device he was wearing that night "at the scene of that shooting in violation of a court-ordered curfew," the DA's office reports.

Stallings will be sentenced next week.

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