NEWARK -- A jury in Essex County Thursday convicted a 32-year-old city man of the murder of another city man almost two years ago, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said.

Sadot Council, 32, who has four prior felony convictions, was also found guilty of weapons offenses and is scheduled to be sentenced March 20. He faces up to life in prison.

On April 27, 2015, Council got into a dispute with Anthony Mayse, 33. Council, who had known Mayse for much of his life and had been friends with him, threatened to kill Mayse.

The next day Council confronted Mayse at the Stephen Crane housing complex and the two had a fistfight. When a bystander broke it up, Council rode off on a bicycle, returning moments later with a gun. Council shot Mayse in the chest and killed him.

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