VENTURA, CA - District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Alex Compian, Jr., (DOB 5/3/88), of Oxnard, was convicted by a jury on June 7, 2012, of first degree murder. The jury also found true a special allegation that Compian personally used a firearm during the commission of the murder.

The crime took place on December 24, 2009, in the city of Oxnard. The victim and Compian lived on the same street at the time of the murder. Following a verbal argument, Compain chased after the victim as the victim sought refuge behind a wooden gate to his own property. Compian approached the victim and fired three times, piercing through the wooden gate and striking the victim three times in the back. The victim was pronounced deceased at the crime scene.

Sentencing on this matter is set for July 31, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. in courtroom 45. Compian faces a maximum sentence of 50 years to life in state prison.