LANCASTER — A Coos County jury has found Nomar Ramos-Rivera, 44, of Berlin not guilty of second-degree murder in the Feb. 3 shooting death of Christopher D. Veliz, 40, in the apartment building they both lived in at 568 Sullivan St. in Berlin.
The jury also found Ramos-Rivera not guilty of two charges of reckless conduct with a deadly weapon.
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