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Dying man's last words help convict his killer

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Prince George's County prosecutors say a dying man's last words helped convict his killer.

A jury on Friday convicted 37-year-old Benjamin Perry of the Hyattsville area of second-degree murder and two weapons violations in the January death of DeWayne Dunmore, also 37.

Dunmore called 911 on his cell phone while still bleeding from four bullet wounds. In a weakening voice, he told the dispatcher he was dying. When the dispatcher asked Dunmore if he knew who shot him, he named Perry.

Prosecutors say the...