CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A Green Cove Springs man was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder in the 2015 shooting death of 55-year-old Earnestine Hines.
Victor Cruger Jr., 29, was also found guilty by a jury of two counts of attempted first-degree murder of Hines' daughters, armed burglary and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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He faces life in prison at sentencing.
The shooting took place about 4 a.m. Aug. 23, 2015, while Hines and her two daughters were in a van with Cruger. According to the State Attorney's Office, Cruger, who was in a back passenger seat of the vehicle traveling in Green Cove Springs, fatally shot Hines, who was in the front passenger seat, in the head with a firearm.
The case was investigated by the Green Cove Springs Police Department.