A Smith County auto shop owner was found guilty of murder Friday for shooting and killing 19-year-old Rawly “Eli” Sanchez on the Fourth of July last year.

Seferino Bautista-Renteria was convicted of murder in connection with the shooting that killed Sanchez. The jury returned their verdict after about two and half hours of deliberations. 

Documents state that Sanchez was shot in the back of the head while he and his friends were making a U-turn near Bautista Auto Sales to correct a previous wrong turn.

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