Phoenix Serial Shooter Dale Shawn Hausner Guilty of 6 Murders

by Tina Kells | March 13, 2009 at 05:03 pm

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Dale Shawn Hausner, known as the Phoenix Serial Shooter, was convicted Friday on six murder charges and 19 other attacks on people. Arizona prosecutors will be seeking the death penalty for Hausner when the sentencing phase of his trial begins March 23, 2009.

During a 14 month period spanning 2005 and 2006 Dale Shawn Hausner stalked people on the nighttime streets of Pheonix. He randomly selected victims shooting at pedestrians and cyclists. Hausner also shot and killed animals, many of which were pets.

A jury found Hausner guilty on 80 of 86 charges against him. He was acquitted in two murders due to lack of evidence.

Hausner was convicted of six first-degree murder charges, 18 attempted first-degree murder charges, two conspiracy to commit first-degree murder charges, 16 aggravated assault charges, 23 drive-by shooting charges, nine animal cruelty charges, three counts of discharging a gun at a structure, one count of unlawfully discharging a gun and two counts of arson of an occupied structure.

He was acquitted in the May 2005 killings of Tony Mendez and Reginald Remillard, the July 2005 shooting of a horse and a December 2005 attack on a woman that didn't result in an injury.

"We're happy he's not going to be out in the public ever again," said Marci Matt, Remillard's sister. "Even though there was a not-guilty (verdict in Remillard's death), we still have a sense of closure today."