Deaths occurred in Phoenix and Glendale

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona jury convicted a man on eight murder charges for Valley shootings over three-week span in 2017.

Cleophus Cooksey Jr.'s trial came more than seven years after the killings due to repeated delays caused by the pandemic.

The 43-year-old was accused of murder and other charges stemming from the fatal shootings in Phoenix and Glendale over three weeks. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty.

Cooksey has said the allegations against him are false and pleaded not guilty.

The first of the eight killings happened Nov. 27, 2017. By that point, Cooksey had been out of prison for four months after serving time for his role in a 2001 strip club robbery that turned deadly.

Cooksey knew some of the victims intimately, but other

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