The man accused of 8 fatal shootings in the Phoenix region faces a jury verdict after the murder trial

File – Cleophus Cooksey Jr., accused of having killed eight people over a period of three weeks at the end of 2017, listened during his trial before the Superior Court of Maricopa, May 5, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona (Mark Henle / The Arizona Republic Via AP, Pool, File)

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