The nephew of hip-hop artist and reality TV star Benzino has been convicted in connection with Benzino's shooting during a funeral procession in Massachusetts.
Gai Scott was found guilty Thursday of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, but was cleared of armed assault with intent to murder.
His sentencing is scheduled for August 26.
Gai Scott (left, in March 2014) was found guilty on charges of assault and battery on Thursday in connection to the 2014 shooting of his uncle, hip-hop artist Benzino (right, two years ago)
The shooting happened as Scott was riding in a car to Benzino's mother's funeral
Benzino, whose real name is Raymond Scott, suffered non-life-threatening wounds to his shoulder and back in the March 2014 shooting.
Authorities say both men were in moving vehicles on the way to a Plymouth church for the funeral of Raymond Scott's mother.
Father William Williams, who presided over the ceremony, recalled seeing blood on the vehicles in the funeral cortege.
Benzino, who has starred on the reality show Love and Hip-Hop: Atlanta, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. He is pictured above at an event in February 2014
Benzino is pictured above with his mother, whose funeral Scott was attending
Above, the church near where the shooting happened two years ago. Scott will be sentenced for his crimes later this month
'I said to one of the guys, ''There's blood on the hearse’',' the clergyman told the WHDH news station.
Prosecutors say the shooting stemmed from a family dispute.
Benzino said he had paid his respects to his mother in private at a Quincy funeral home but that he was not actually going to the funeral because of tensions in the family over money.
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ShareBenzino said he was on his way to Plymouth to pick up a friend when he stumbled upon the procession and was attacked.
Benzino at the time appeared on VH1's reality show 'Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta' and was CEO of Hip Hop Weekly.
Benzino posted pictured of himself on Instagram after the shooting. saying that he believes the hand of his mother saved him.
‘Feel much better. God is real. My mother touched me I'm certain,’ he wrote online.
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