DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) -- After half a decade, the family of a local movie producer who was murdered in 2019 by his best friend finally got justice with a guilty verdict.

Houston County jurors found Marcus Hubbard guilty of murder on Monday in the death of his friend, Rodney Caliste.

"It's definitely a burden lifted off my shoulders I feel like I can breathe because its been heavy and now I feel relieved," said Caliste's daughter, Rodnesha Ogburn.

Caliste was shot in the head by Hubbard outside of his home on Woodham Road in Dothan in October of 2019.

"The only thing more devastating to me is that he was so close to my dad he shot him within three to four feet and if that person is that close to you they trust you," explained Ogburn.

In fact the two were good friends, more like brothers,

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