After short deliberation, a jury has found Luther Bernard Watkins, Jr. guilty of the capital murder of Tuscaloosa Police Officer Dornell Cousette six years ago.
The defense rested and closing arguments concluded Friday in the ongoing murder trial of Luther Watkins Jr., leaving the jury to begin deliberating after lunch.
A woman who was shot several times in west Tuscaloosa Thursday night is expected to survive, and investigators are searching for the person who fired on her.