A Jefferson Parish jury on Monday rejected a Marrero man's claim of self defense, finding him guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting Wayne Martin, 30, in a West Bank parking lot in 2022 , Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick's office said Wednesday.

The jury declined to find Lucien Bazley, 50, guilty-as-charged of second-degree murder, opting for the lesser charge that carries a sentence of up to 40 years in prison.

Martin had been celebrating his birthday at a Marrero nightclub on Sept. 25, 2022 and was shot in the right eye in the parking lot of an auto parts business across Ames Boulevard, the DA's office said.

Bazley told jurors that he had been wrongly suspected of killing a friend of Martin's and alleged that Martin approached him from behind, took out a firea

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