Rapper convicted of gun charges

Virgil, 24, of New Orleans was found guilty of being a felon with a handgun, a fugitive with a handgun and a drug addict with a handgun. He could face between five and 10 years in prison when sentenced Oct. 26.

Virgil showed no emotion when the jury returned the verdict after less than five hours of deliberations.

He still faces an attempted murder charge under Tennessee law. No trial date has been set for those charges.

Virgil claimed he did not fire the shots that hit deputy Chris Harris in the body and face when authorities burst into an apartment in January to serve a search warrant for drugs. Harris is recovering from his wounds.

Harris has said he was shot when he opened the closet where Virgil was hiding.

Officers fired a pistol, rifle and shotgun into the closet where a gunman was believed hiding but no one was hit by that gunfire.

Deputies said Virgil had wall-plaster dust in his hair when he was brought out of the bedroom.

The 9 mm slug that lodged in Harris’ jaw came from the handgun found in the closet, prosecutors said.

Virgil has a prior conviction in Louisiana for heroin possession.