Lee E. Williams was found guilty recently in Wyandotte County District Court of first-degree murder and felon in possession of a handgun.
Sentencing in the case is set for July 18. The case was tried by Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome A. Gorman and Assistant District Attorney Alan Fogelman.
The jury deliberated for an hour and a half before finding Williams guilty of first-degree murder and felon in possession of a handgun, in connection with the killing of Tysha Carvin on Sept. 4, 2013.
Williams shot Tysha Carvin with a handgun that he was prohibited from possessing as a result of his previous conviction for robbery.
According to prosecutors, Williams shot Carvin, who was the mother of Williams’ 2-year-old son, in the presence of the son, at a home in the 1900 block of North 15th Street.
Following the murder, Williams took a bus from Kansas City to Canada, prosecutors said. He was arrested in Detroit, Mich., by Homeland Security officials on Sept. 6, 2013, while trying to enter Canada.