Man who killed woman by mistake instead of estranged girlfriend convicted

Nicole Leanne Cooney was out for a walk with a friend when she was fatally shot by Lenny Lavallee, a judge ruled Thursday.
Lavallee was convicted of second-degree murder by Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Eldon Simpson, who found the prosecution’s case built on circumstantial evidence proved Lavallee shot Cooney while intending to kill Theresa Butler, her friend and his girlfriend.
Lavallee had faced a first-degree murder charge, but Simpson found that while the evidence raised a &ldq