Villa Rica resident Colby Davidson was found guilty Thursday on charges of felony murder and two counts of aggravated assault in the April 25, 2007, shooting death of 3-year-old Judah Tucker.

A mistrial was declared on a fourth charge, malice murder, since officials said the jurors could only convict Davidson, 20, of one of the murder charges.

Davidson was accused of firing a gun during an argument between younger children at a bus stop. That argument reportedly led to a second altercation that same afternoon between his parents and the victim’s parents.

During that argument, Davidson allegedly fired nine shots into the Tuckers’ Sycamore Lane home in the Mirror Lake subdivision. One of the shots killed Judah.

On the final day of this four-day trial, it took the jury less than three hours to hand down its decision, and the state and defense completed closing arguments in two hours.

In his closing arguments, Douglas County District Attorney David McDade said, “There is no real dispute in this case over whether this man pulled the trigger and fired into the house nine times.”

According to McDade, Davidson fired the nine shots to show the Tucker family he was “the baddest dude on the block.”

During her closing arguments, defense attorney Monica Myles said Veronica Tucker, Judah’s mother, testified in April 2007 to investigators from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office that she said, “I’m going to get you” to Davidson prior to the shooting.

Because of alleged statements from Veronica and her husband, Melvin Tucker, Myles argued that her client “wasn’t just going up to the house and shooting. He was reacting to a situation.”

According to McDade, no statement made by either parent could have justified Davidson’s actions.

“Provocation by words alone is not legal justification of murder,” McDade said.

Before the jury began deliberations around 1:45 p.m., McDade presented one last argument for the jurors.

“I ask you to find this defendant guilty of murder, because the evidence demands it,” he said.

The sentencing hearing has not been scheduled for Davidson, but officials said his convictions guarantee a mandatory life sentence plus 20 years.