CUSTER TRIAL: Custer guilty of first degree murder

Jason Custer, 35, was convicted of first degree murder, use of a firearm to commit a felony and possession of a firearm by a felon in Cheyenne County district court Friday following a week-long trial.

A jury of seven men and five women deliberated for around five hours before determining Custer’s guilt in the fatal shooting of 36-year-old Adam McCormick just after midnight on Nov. 3, 2012 over a debt of $150.

The victim’s family found significance in the fact that the verdict came in on McCormick’s son’s birthday.

“This is what we were hoping for, to be done today,” said Alicia Whited, McCormi...