More: Trial of former Blackwater guard charged in mass shooting in Iraq ends in a hung jury

More: Former Blackwater guard goes on trial for second time for role in mass shooting in Iraq

More: Former Blackwater security guard Nick Slatten: 'I am a POW in my own country' Nicholas Slatten, a 35-year old former security guard for the private mercenary firm Blackwater, was found guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday in the third trial stemming from his role in the notorious 2007 Nisour Square massacre in Baghdad, Iraq that left 14 Iraqis civilians dead and another 17 injured. WASHINGTON — A former Blackwater security guard was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday for killing one of 14 unarmed civilians in a barrage of gunfire in a crowded Baghdad traffic circle in 2007, an episode that drew international condemnation during the Iraq War. Jurors deliberated for four days before returning their verdict, which came at the close of a six-week trial in U.S. District Court in Washington – and just three months after a previous trial on the same charge ended in a hung jury.
In a third trial, former Blackwater private military contractor Nicholas Slatten is convicted on one count of first-degree murder over the 2007 mass shooting.