Suspected Gang Member Guilty in Murder of Denver Broncos' Darrent Williams

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Jan. 1, 2007: An investigator with the Denver Police Department places evidence markers next to the Hummer limo in which Darrent Williams was killed. (AP)

Suspected gang member Willie Clark has been found guilty of murder in the shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams.

A Denver jury returned the verdict Thursday after deliberating for a day and a half.

Clark could face a sentence of life in prison. There was no immediate word on a possible appeal.

Williams was killed on New Year's Day 2007. Prosecutors said Clark fired the fatal shots from an SUV that pulled up beside a rented limo carrying Williams and some friends.

Prosecutors said Clark was angry over an altercation involving friends of Williams and friends of Clark in a nightclub just before the shooting.

Defense attorneys said Clark was being made a scapegoat and wasn't in the SUV.