EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – A Madison County jury convicted an East Alton, Illinois, man in a murder-for-hire plot.

Lorenzo D. Miller, 42, was found guilty of solicitation of murder and obstructing justice after a three-day trial.

Prosecutors said Miller requested an acquaintance shoot his ex-girlfriend after she broke up with him.

The shooting happened on March 26, 2023, on Brown Street in Alton. Several shots rang through the house, with one bullet strafing a sweater worn by a friend of the victim, lightly grazing her torso.

Days after the shooting, the ex-girlfriend’s van was torched outside her home. She feared someone was trying to lure her outside to kill her, prosecutors said.

Alton police used license plate readers to identify a vehicle with Missouri license plates in the vicinity at both the time of the shooting and the fire. That vehicle belong to Miller’s acquaintance, later identified as Vernon McIntosh, 38.

Police also acquired phone data showing both Miller and McIntosh were communicating in the minutes before and after the shooting.

Miller will be sentenced at a later date. He faces up to 30 years in state prison.

McIntosh was charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm, and arson. He remains in jail awaiting trial.