Gadsden man convicted of Attempted murder

Mario White

An Etowah county jury convicted a Gadsden man Friday on two counts of attempted murder.

42 year old Mario Lashawn White,  faces a minimum sentence of 20 years and a maximum sentence of life or 99 years on each count. He’ll be sentenced on Oct. 20 by Judge Billy Ogletree.

The jury deliberated about two hours before convicting White of the Sept. 23, 2013, incident in which Torriente Snow was struck four times by bullets and left paralyzed from the waist down..  White was arrested followed an investigation by the Gadsden Police Department. Torriente Snow testified at trial that he was shot as he was going up the front steps onto his front porch after starting his mother’s car for her.  White had concealed himself in the shrubbery next to the steps and shot Snow at least three times in the initial volley of .45 caliber gunfire.