MUSKEGON, MI – A gunman was convicted of first-degree murder for a deadly ambush-style shooting near a Norton Shores convenience store.

Amir Sincere Petty will learn his inevitable fate next month when he’s sentenced for the shooting death of 24-year-old Jamarr Burse.

First-degree murder, under Michigan law, carries a mandatory life without parole sentence.

Petty, 26, was on trial for murder – among other felony charges – in Muskegon County Circuit Court for a shooting that left Burse dead and a teen boy wounded.

The case started the afternoon of Dec. 29, 2022, when Burse was found shot to death inside a vehicle.

He was discovered by police at the intersection of Continental Street and East Columbia Avenue in Norton Shores.

A 16-year-old passenger in the vehicle was also struck by gu

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