FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — An 18-year-old Fort Smith man has been convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of his next door neighbor.

A Sebastian County jury on Wednesday convicted Dionte Parks of first-degree murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping in the January 2016 shooting death of University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student Kaleb Watson.

Parks was 15 at the time but was tried and convicted as an adult. He faces 10 to 40 years or life in prison.

Defense attorney Rita Watkins argued that Parks did not take part in the robbery or shooting, while prosecutors say he was an accomplice, making...