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- Terrance Vos, 35, was convicted of murdering his girlfriend, Shandon Nicole Scott, on Thursday following a six-day jury trial.
- Charging documents say Vos admitted to shooting Scott after a fight.
- He will be sentence for aggravated murder, and multiple other charges, on May 23.
SALT LAKE CITY — A former Public Enemy No. 1 in Salt Lake County was found guilty Thursday of five first-degree felonies, including the aggravated murder of his girlfriend, Shandon Nicole Scott.
Terrance Trent Vos, 35, of Salt Lake City, was found guilty after a six-day jury trial and about six and a half hours of deliberation.
Vos was convicted of aggravated murder, three counts of felony discharge of a firearm and possession of a dangerous weapon as a restricted person, all first-degree felonies, in addition to obstructing justice, a second-degree felony, and failure to stop at the command of law enforcement, a class A misdemeanor.
Unified police responded to a crash on I-80 with reports that a woman in the car had died from gunshot wounds on May 1, 2021. A witness said he saw the woman with blood on her and said she was not moving. The witness also reported that Vos tried to take the witness' vehicle before being taken into police custody, according to a statement from the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office.
Vos told police someone else shot his girlfriend, but in a jail phone call with a friend, prosecutors say he admitted he shot her after getting into a fight.
An autopsy showed Scott, 32, was shot 12 times before Vos crashed the car.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said the case was "one of the most brutal domestic violence attacks" the office has prosecuted.
"Though we could not provide perfect justice — if it was perfect, Ms. Scott would still be alive today, we hope Ms. Scott's family and loved ones feel that this guilty verdict provides some measure of justice for their sister, daughter and friend," he said.
Two brothers, cousins of Vos, were also charged with obstructing justice after claiming they did not know anything about Scott's shooting. Witnesses reported seeing Royce Davis approach the car that Vos and Scott were in, and a voice recording on Vos' phone showed London Davis asking Vos if he shot her and he responded that she was dead, according to charging documents.
The charges against Royce Davis were dismissed but could be filed again. London Davis' case is ongoing and a hearing is scheduled to take place on Monday.
Vos is set to be sentenced on May 23.
Vos was also accused of having a shiv in jail and was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon as a restricted person, a first-degree felony, due to a habitual offender enhancement. His next hearing in that case will be at the same time as the sentencing.
