Chelsea man convicted of murder in 2004 Fenway shooting

By Globe Staff

A 29-year-old Chelsea man who was trained as a sharpshooter in the Army has been convicted of shooting to death an unarmed man in front of a bar in Boston's Fenway area in 2004, prosecutors said this afternoon.

Yat Fung Ng was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder in the slaying of Karriem Brown, 33, of Boston's Roxbury section. During an altercation on Beacon Street in the early-morning hours of May 23, 2004, Ng shot Brown with a .45-caliber handgun from 15 to 20 feet away, hitting him above the left eyebrow.

"It's deplorable that a man trained by the United States armed forces to take pride in discipline and courage would commit such a craven act," said Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.

Ng had received an honorable discharge from the Army, prosecutors said.

Ng's attorney, Rosemary Scapicchio, said she was disappointed with the verdict. Ng had argued that he was acting in self-defense.

Superior Court Judge Charles Spurlock is expected to sentence Ng Wednesday to life without parole, the mandatory sentence for first-degree murder.

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