a bride who shot her niece dead during an argument on her wedding night has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter christina george harvan, 30 and katelyn francis, 21, were celebrating at jimmy k's bar in new brighton, pennsylvania, after the ceremony on april 24, 2014 when they started arguing over who should drive home the row spilled into the parking lot and then into new husband jeremy harvan's car when the gun went off on friday a jury convicted her of involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment   both class one misdemeanors her bond was revoked and she was led back to the jail cells in tears   but her family say they are pleased with the outcome scroll down for video  christina george harvan, 30 (pictured in court on friday) has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after shooting her niece katelyn francis dead after her wedding last year  george harvan and francis, 21, (pictured) were partying after a wedding 30 miles south of pittsburgh on april 24, 2014  her mother julie francis told wtae: 'i didn't think there would be a not guilty verdict we figured there would be something and this is the least of those charges  prosecutors were seeking third degree murder, but the jury agreed with the defense's argument it was an accident george harvan, a former nurse, took to the stand on thursday during her trial  she told the court about the hours leading up the shooting   saying there was no tension with her niece according to cbs pittsburgh, she said: 'i was happy…she was so cute we were only nine years apart the first thing she did was say, 'aunt tina, i'm so happy for you,' and gave me a big hug' george harvan's mother (pictured) admitted she didn't think there would be a not guilty verdict and was pleased her daughter was given the lesser charges  as the night went on they drank more, the court heard, and soon mr harvan was determined to drive home however francis demanded she be the designated driver and tried to take the keys off of him george harvan said: 'when i turned around, the glove box is open and i see this gun i think i gotta move this gun i go get it out of the glove box to move it and boom the gun goes off the defense attorney then asked: 'did you squeeze the trigger?' and she replied: 'no' recounting the moment she realized she had shot her niece, she said: 'everything freezes, jeremy says, 'you just shot your [expletive] cousin' 'he steps over her dying body and he runs i put pressure on [katelyn's] wound and i screamed and dialed 911 she added, 'i felt devastated it was like a nightmare your wedding day is supposed to be the best day of your life and my niece is dead' george harvan (pictured before her first court appearance the day after the shooting) said during the trial she would never hurt her niece and insisted there was no tension between the pair earlier in the evening  the row had spilled into the parking lot and then into new husband jeremy harvan's car (inside on night of shooting pictured) when the gun went off george harvan has said it fired when she tried to move it  george harvan, her new husband and francis went out drinking to celebrate the marriage at jimmy k's bar in new brighton and subsequently got into a fight over who would drive home 
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christina george harvan shot katelyn francis, 21 on april 24, 2014  gun went off  outside jimmy k's bar in new brighton, pennsylvania  has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter   a misdemeanor  her bond was revoked and guards led her to the cells in tears  she contends it fired by accident when she tried to move it 