BEGINS WITH BREAKING NEWS. GOOD EVENING AND VICKI DORTCH A JURY HAS FOUND KAYVAN LAWLESS GUILTY FOR SHOOTING TRINITY RANDOLPH AND BRANDON WATTLES IN AUGUST OF 2020. WLKY IS DREW GARNER IS LIVE AT JUDICIAL CENTER WHERE THAT VERDICT CAME IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO. DREW. THAT’S RIGHT, VICKI. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS JURY HAD TO ACTUALLY RESTART ITS DELIBERATE SCENES AFTER A JUROR WAS DISMISSED. NOW, THAT ALL STEMMED FROM THAT MOMENT WHEN EVAN ROSS, A KEY WITNESS IN THIS TRIAL, WAS ARRESTED FOR PERJURY. AFTER STEPPING OFF THE STAND NOW, THE JURY WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT MOMENT OR USE IT IN THEIR DELIBERATIONS. THE JUDGE FOUND OUT ONE OF THOSE JURORS DID. AND THAT JUROR WAS DISMISSED, BUT AN ALTERNATE WAS BROUGHT IN. THEY RESUMED DELIBERATIONS. AND THEN AROUND 930 TONIGHT CAME BACK WITH A GUILTY VERDICT ON TWO COUNTS OF MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY. NOW, WAS EARLIER TODAY THAT THOSE JURORS HEARD CLOSING ARGUMENTS. THE DEFENSE ARGUED ABOUT THE LACK OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND QUESTIONED THE CREDIBILITY OF SOME OF THOSE KEY WITNESSES. WELL, PROSECUTORS COUNTERED WITH VIDEO EVIDENCE, TEXT MESSAGES AND A FEUD BETWEEN LAWLESS AND WADDLES. THE VICTIM’S FAMILY CELEBRATED THIS VERDICT ON THE WAY OUT OF COURT, BUT DECLINED TO SPEAK WITH US TONIGHT. MEANWHILE, THE PROSECUTORS PRAISED THE WORK THAT DETECTIVES DID ON THIS CASE MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO. NOW. THIS WAS A REALLY TRYING TIME IN AUGUST OF 2020 AND THE DEATH OF A THREE YEAR OLD AFFECTS EVERYONE. YOU CAN TELL THAT FROM THE TESTIMONY, THE TESTIMONY, THE POLICE OFFICERS, THE PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO US AND ME. THE LEAD DETECTIVE ON THIS TODAY STOOD AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD FOR BECAUSE JUSTICE IS IMPORTANT. HOLDING THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIMES LIKE THIS ARE IMPORTANT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HAPPY TO BE A PART OF IT. FOR MYSELF. NOW, THE JURY AND ATTORNEYS WILL BE BACK HERE IN COURT TOMORROW AT 1030 IN THE MORNING, WHERE THE SENTENCING PHASE WILL BEGIN, WHERE LAWLESS IS FACING ANYWHERE FROM 20 YEARS IN PRISON TO THE DEATH PENALTY. THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE WOULDN’T SAY TONIGHT WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE JURY TOMORROW. REPORTING LIVE AT THE JUDICIAL