Rapper Tory Lanez found guilty over shooting of hip hop star Megan Thee Stallion

Rapper Tory Lanez has been found guilty of three firearms offences over the shooting of hip hop star Megan Thee Stallion.

Lanez, 30, was convicted of assault with a semi-automatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.

The charges related to an incident in the Hollywood Hills in 2020, which left Megan Thee Stallion injured with bullet fragments in her feet.

Canadian star Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was found guilty by a jury of seven women and five men after one day of deliberation.

The convictions could see him jailed for up to 22 years.

Dressed in a powder pink winter coat, with matching trousers, a handcuffed Lanez showed no reaction as the verdict was delivered in a Los Angeles courtroom.

His lawyer had alleged during the trial that the shots had actually been fired by a best friend of Megan Thee Stallion, Kelsey Harris, during a jealous fight over Lanez.

“She lied about everything in this case from the beginning,” attorney George Mgdesyan said of the hip hop megastar, who told the trial that Lanez had told her to “dance” before shooting at her feet.

Megan Thee Stallion, whose legal name is Megan Pete, said last week: “I’m in shock. I’m scared.

“I hear the gun going off, and I can’t believe he’s shooting at me.”

Harris denied being the shooter and previously identified Lanez as the one holding the gun.