‘The jury sent a strong message:’ Man convicted of murder, kidnapping after killing teen and taking others hostage over stolen bottle of liquor

Levon Garo Meguerditchian, 40, was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder and other charges in the death of 18-year-old Abdourazak Mouhoumed, inset. Meguerditchian allegedly shot Mouhoumed over a stolen bottle of liquor at a house party in Salt Lake City on Aug. 28, 2021. (KSTU, Inset: GoFundMe)

A jury in Utah convicted a man of fatally shooting a teen and kidnapping several partygoers after he accused them of stealing a bottle of liquor from his home.

Levon Garo Meguerditchian, 40, was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder, multiple counts of aggravated kidnapping, second-degree obstructing justice and third-degree discharge of a firearm, according to Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill. Meguerditchian was accused of killing 18-year-old Abdourazak Mouhoumed.

“The jury sent a strong message to Mr. Meguerditchian when they handed down this conviction. The amount of violence that we saw over a bottle of liquor was astounding,” Gill said in a statement.

The incident occurred during a party at Meguerditchian’s St. Lake City house on Aug. 28, 2021. Around 3 a.m., some people at the party stole a bottle of liquor and ran out of the home. Mouhoumed was also fleeing the home and got in his car to drive away. Meguerditchian fired several shots at the car hitting Mouhoumed in the head, prosecutors said. Mouhoumed’s vehicle crashed into several homes after he was shot.

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