A 25-year-old man was convicted Thursday of fatally shooting another man in Anaheim four years ago.

Richard Flores was convicted of second-degree murder with sentencing enhancements for the discharge of a gun causing death and the personal use of a gun. Flores is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 12.

Flores was convicted of gunning down 30-year-old Jefferson Anthony Davis at 1774 W. Glenoaks Ave. on April 16, 2021.

Police responded to the shooting at 11:30 p.m. in which Flores confronted Davis, according to a trial brief from prosecutors.

Armed with an AR-15-style rifle, Flores went looking for Davis in an alley, prosecutors said. When he found Davis at his garage, the victim “repeatedly asked” Flores to “put the gun down.”

When Davis tried to snatch the rifle away, Flores “stepped back

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