A 23-year-old gang member has been convicted of murdering teen actress Tara Correa-McMullen and another person during a two-day shooting spree in 2005. Damien Watts, 23, was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court.He was arrested several months after he fired at a group of people outside an Inglewood apartment complex on Oct. 21, 2005, killing 16-year-old Tara Correa-McMullen and injuring two men.Correa-McMullen, whose real name was Shalvah McMullen, appeared in the movie "Rebound" and had a recurring role on "Judging Amy" as a former gang member named Graciela.The day before she was killed, Watts fatally shot 31-year-old Thomas Sanders as he loaded laundry into a vehicle. Prosecutors said shots were also fired that day at three men who were fixing a car.
A co-defendant, Joseph Wayne Jones, awaits trial for the deaths of the two victims and another man killed on Oct. 3, 2005. Jones is due back in court Feb. 2.
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