The Latest: Mayor hopes verdict in cop's case brings closure

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a New York City police officer charged with fatally shooting a man in a darkened stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing complex (all times local):

New York City's mayor says he hopes a jury's verdict brings closure to the family of a man who was fatally shot by a New York City police officer in a public housing stairwell.

An attorney for an officer convicted of fatally shooting a man in a dark public housing stairwell says he will appeal the verdict.

Defense attorney Robert Brown says Peter Liang is "distraught" after a jury convicted him of manslaughter and official misconduct Thursday in the 2014 death of 28-year-old Akai Gurley.

Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson says "justice was done" when a jury convicted a New York City police officer of fatally shooting a man in the stairwell of a public housing building.

Speaking after the jury reached a verdict Thursday evening, Thompson said Officer Peter Liang's trial "had nothing to do with Ferguson," a reference to the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by an officer in Missouri.

The domestic partner of the man shot and killed by a New York City police officer in a dark public housing stairwell says she wasn't surprised the officer was found guilty of manslaughter.

The president of the union representing New York City police officers says a jury came to the "absolutely wrong decision" when they convicted an officer of manslaughter in the shooting death of a man in a darkened stairwell of a public housing building.

Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch says the Thursday evening verdict in Peter Liang's trial was a "bad verdict" that will have a "chilling effect" on officers nationwide.

A spokesman for the New York Police Department says an officer convicted of fatally shooting a man in a darkened stairwell of a public housing building has been fired.

A New York City police officer who shot an unarmed man in a pitch-dark public housing stairway has been convicted of manslaughter.

Jurors deliberating the fate of a rookie New York City police officer who fatally shot an innocent man in a dark public housing stairwell have asked for white boards and the departmental firearms guide.