PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona jury convicted a man Thursday on eight murder charges for carrying out a string of shootings in metro Phoenix over a three-week span in 2017.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Cleophus Cooksey Jr.

The victims in Phoenix and nearby Glendale included Cooksey’s mother and stepfather, a security guard walking to his girlfriend’s apartment and a woman whose body was found in an alley after she was sexually assaulted.

Cooksey, described by police as an aspiring musician, knew some of the victims but wasn’t acquainted with others, authorities said. He has said the allegations against him were false.

RELATED STORIES • Cleophus Cooksey Jr. goes on trial for 8 killings in metro Phoenix in 2017

Cleophus Cooksey Jr. goes on trial for 8 killings in metro

See Full Page