Manslaughter verdict in shooting death

YOUNGSTOWN — Allen K. Frost faces six to 13 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter with a firearm specification in the shooting death of Gregory Sopher last Oct. 27.

After three hours of deliberations at the end of a three-day trial, the seven-woman, five-man jury rendered its verdict Wednesday afternoon before Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Frost, 37, of Crandall Avenue, would have faced 18 years to life in prison had he been convicted on the original charge of murder with a gun specification, which alleged he purposely killed Sopher. The lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, on which Frost was convicted, states that the death occurred following provocation from the victim.

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