Jury Goes For Lesser Charge In Fatal Shooting At Madison Group Home

A 26-year-old Fitchburg man could serve up to 85 years for a fatal shooting at a Madison group home in December 2016.  The Dane County jury found Ali Hassan guilty of the lesser charge of homicide by intoxicated use of a firearm.  He had been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Fatoumatta Jallow.  He was also convicted of attempted first-degree intentional homicide for wounding 32-year-old Julie Connors, who worked with Jallow.  Hassan will be sentenced in about two months.  No specific motive for the crime was given.