A man was convicted of killing his girlfriend in Fairfax County last year after his defense claimed she killed herself.

Jurors said on Monday that they found Huy Nguyen guilty of second-degree murder and a gun charge in the shooting death of Alison “Kate” Laporta.

Laporta was suffering from a gunshot wound when Nguyen took her to Inova Mount Vernon Hospital last year. The 38-year-old mom of two died of her injuries.

First, Nguyen, who went by Max, told Fairfax County police Laporta had been hit by a random bullet to the stomach as the couple walked through a parking lot in Annandale, prosecutors said. Investigators quickly learned the couple had never been there.

Then, prosecutors said Nguyen changed his story and said LaPorta shot herself.

In court last week, men who were with Laport

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