A parolee was convicted of first-degree murder Monday for shooting and killing a woman on a Fremont street as she walked to a school holding her young daughter's hand.Manuel Urango, 30, appeared surprised when Alameda County jurors returned with a guilty verdict at the Hayward Hall of Justice after deliberating for about a day and a half. He rocked back and forth in his chair as attorneys discussed the next steps in the case.
Urango could face at least 25 years to life in prison for killing Alia Ansari, 37, on Oct. 19, 2006. He was also convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and gross negligent discharge of a firearm for firing a gun into the air from his car the day before Ansari's slaying in the same area where she was killed.
Ansari, a native of Afghanistan, was walking on Glenmoor Drive with her daughter Latifa, then 3, to Glenmoor Elementary School to pick up two of her five other children. Urango got out of his car and shot Ansari once in the head before driving off.
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