COLUMBUS – A Whitehall man could go to prison for life after being convicted of shooting his neighbor to death in 2020 in a dispute over noise.
A Franklin County jury found Clifford Patterson, 42, guilty on April 22 of two counts of murder with firearm specifications in shooting death of Dion Lamarr on Fountain Lane in Whitehall on Mother’s Day 2020, according to a release from the office of Franklin County Prosecutor Gary Tyack.
The dispute over noise led to the two men confronting each other in the parking lot outside the apartment building, where Patterson shot Lamarr four times, twice in the back, Tyack’s office said.
The 37-year-old Lamarr died at the scene, Tyack said.
The four-day trial included testimony from Lamarr’s girlfriend and another witness who lived in the apartment complex, Tyack said.
After two days of deliberations, the jurors also found Patterson not guilty of a charge of aggravated murder, which alleged prior calculation and design in commission of the crime.
Patterson is facing a prison term of 18 years to life when he is sentenced on May 27, Tyack’s office said.