Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the conviction of General Waiters, 38, who shot several people at a family gathering in May 2006, killing a three-year-old girl.

Waiters was convicted of� Murder in Second Degree, Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and two counts of Assault in the First Degree. When he is sentenced June 2, he faces a maximum of life in prison.

May 7, 2006, Waiters drew a .357 revolver and opened fire at a gathering of his fiance, Jacqueline Warren�s family, killing Warren�s three-year-old niece, Tajmere Clark. Waiters also shot Warren�s aunt, Mary Lee Clark � Tajmere Clark�s grandmother � twice, putting her into a coma, which she remains in today. And he shot two of Warren�s children in the leg.

Chief Counsel to the Homicide Bureau Mark Hale prosecuted the case. Kenneth Taub is Chief of the Homicide Bureau.