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Hempstead shooter convicted of manslaughter

A Nassau County Court jury found Tuesday that the Hempstead man who shot his son's grandfather on his front lawn shortly after an argument last year is guilty of first-degree manslaughter.

Jurors, however, did not convict Diquawn Moore, 21, of the top count of second-degree murder in the Sept. 1, 2008, killing of Irving Simmons of Hempstead.

"I think the jury obviously took a lot of...

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