Columbia man convicted of second slaying

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A Howard County jury convicted Charles Richardson Thursday of fatally shooting the 7-Eleven store clerk who reached to unmask him during a botched robbery in April 2007.

Charles Richardson, 26, of Columbia, faces up to life in prison without parole for first-degree felony murder and attempted armed robbery in the slaying of Alevtina Zhilina, 40, at the 7-Eleven store on Columbia Road.

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