A Texas man was convicted Tuesday in the death of a 9-year-old girl after he killed her while shooting at a man who robbed him outside of an ATM.

The jury found 35-year-old Tony Earls guilty of manslaughter in the death of Arlene Alvarez in Houston after deliberating for less than an hour, the Harris County District Attorney's Office said . On Valentine's Day in 2022, Earls was at a Chase Bank ATM when an armed man robbed him and his wife of cash. Prosecutors said Earls shot at the fleeing robber and then toward a passing truck.

Arlene was in that truck with her family as they were on their way to get some pizza. Arlene was sitting in the backseat wearing headphones, and apparently did not hear her father's pleas to get down. The girl was struck in the head. She died the next day.

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