Tennessee man found guilty in killing of former NBA star Lorenzen Wright

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A jury on Monday convicted a Tennessee man in the killing of former NBA star Lorenzen Wright more than a decade ago. 

After deliberating for less than three hours, the 12-person jury found Billy Ray Turner guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder and conspiracy in the death of Wright, whose body was found riddled with bullets in a field in Memphis back in 2010. 

Turner, 51, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder conviction by Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee. The attempted first-degree murder charge came from a separate failed plot to kill Wright in his Atlanta home prior to the shooting. Turner will be sentenced for the other charges at a later date.

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Lorenzen Wright is interviewed after he was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers on June 26, 1996 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (NBA Photos/NBAE via Getty Images)

Wright, the 7th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, played 13 seasons in the NBA, including five with the Memphis Grizzlies. The judge called the 6-foot, 11-inch center "a sacred son" of Memphis.

Coffee also told Wright's mother, Deborah Marion, that she should try to "celebrate the good" in her son, despite the possibility of the trial not bringing her closure.

"It'll never be closure, because I'll never see my son again," Marion said. "This is just some satisfaction for me and my family."

Cleveland Cavaliers' Lorenzen Wright poses at the team's NBA basketball media day in Independence, Ohio on Sept. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)

Wright, a father of six, had been missing for days before his body was discovered