Vancouver Mall Halloween shooter found guilty of first-degree murder

Global News (Canada) and KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedJurors in the Travis Ward trial found him guilty of murdering James Perez in 2024.

What changedKGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) frames it as "Vancouver Mall Halloween shooter found guilty of first-degree murder". Global News (Canada) frames it as "Vancouver man found guilty of first-degree murder for a 2nd time".

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Still Watching. KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) frames it as "Vancouver Mall Halloween shooter found guilty of first-degree murder". Global News (Canada) frames it as "Vancouver man found guilty of first-degree murder for a 2nd time".

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Oct 29, 10:46 PM: Global News (Canada) joined the source map.

Oct 29, 11:23 PM: KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) joined the source map.

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KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR)33m ago

Vancouver Mall Halloween shooter found guilty of first-degree murder

Jurors in the Travis Ward trial found him guilty of murdering James Perez in 2024.

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Global News (Canada)2h ago

Vancouver man found guilty of first-degree murder for a 2nd time

In January 2019, 69-year-old Zenen Cepeda Silva was gunned down while he was sitting on a porch in Vancouver with his wife.

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