Appellant Harold Parks seeks review of his convictions for crimes stemming from the shooting death of Terrence Washington.1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
1. Appellant contends the evidence was insufficient to convict. Viewed in a light most favorable to upholding the jury’s verdicts, the evidence shows on September 16, 2013, appellant became enraged that Washington’s girlfriend had parked in a certain area outside their apartment building and threw a mug of coffee at her. A neighbor, who worked as a courtesy officer at the apartment complex and was coming home from work at another security job, saw the altercation and attempted to deescalate the situation. The victim also tried to deescalate the situation, but ended up arguing with appellant as well. Appellant’s father was also nearby watching the argument, but did not interfere. The victim’s girlfriend testified she saw appellant’s father hand appellant a gun, but then appellant left the parking area and so she did not give what she had seen anymore thought. The victim’s girlfriend entered her vehicle and drove away, only to hear gunshots moments later. In the meantime, the courtesy officer contacted police because he feared the argument was not finished and, while on the phone, he too heard the gunshots. After the shooting stopped, the victim’s girlfriend returned to the parking area along with police. A responding officer found the victim on the ground, bleeding and without a pulse. The victim’s body was located on the side of the apartment building at the bottom of a stairwell which was near his apartment unit. Several witnesses testified they did not see the victim with a firearm and no firearm was found near his body. The 9mm shell casings recovered at the scene indicated appellant fired at least 18 rounds. The medical examiner testified the victim had 29 distinct gunshot wounds and died from a wound inflicted by a bullet traversing his aorta and vena cava and causing him to bleed to death. The medical examiner also testified the gunshots were fired from more than 3 feet away and the victim was already on the ground when some of the shots were fired.
