The lawyer, Benjamin L. Crump, announced on Twitter that Raja had been found guilty of both counts against him: manslaughter by culpable negligence and attempted first-degree murder with a firearm.

The 2015 killing of the man, Corey Jones, a 31-year-old musician and housing inspector, drew national attention as one in a series of killings of black men by the police. The encounter also highlighted Florida’s so-called Stand Your Ground law, which Raja’s lawyer had cited in his defense.

David Aronberg, the state attorney for Palm Beach County, said Thursday that Raja had been taken into custody and would be sentenced April 26. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

He said the jury began deliberating Wednesday afternoon and their verdict was announced early Thursday in Circuit Court in Palm Beach County.

The reaction in court, he said, “was relatively subdued” after a warning from the judge. “Hopefully this will provide a measure of justice and closure” for the victim’s family and to the community, he said.

“Hopefully today begins the healing,” Aronberg added.

“The truth will always prevail,” Jones’ father, Clinton Jones Sr., told journalists outside the courthouse, according to The South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “Regardless of how many bad cops” there are, he said, “the truth will always prevail.”

He added: “And this is what happened today: It was the truth that convicted him. It was the truth that brought him to justice. It was the truth that sent him to jail. It was the truth — that gave us justice for Corey.”

Richard G. Lubin, a lawyer for Raja, was not immediately available for comment Thursday.

Last year, Raja’s request to have his criminal charges thrown out under the Stand Your Ground law was denied.

Raja, an officer with the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department, was on duty in plain clothes on Oct. 18, 2015, when around 3:15 a.m. he approached a vehicle that he said he thought had been abandoned on the side of Interstate 95 in Palm Beach County. His brief exchange with the man he found inside the vehicle, Jones, was recorded on a phone call Jones had made seeking roadside assistance.

Jones had a legally purchased handgun with him. Raja has claimed that Jones pointed it at him, but prosecutors say Raja fired shots even as Jones fled. Within moments of making his approach, Raja had fired six shots and struck Jones three times, killing him.

The police chief, Stephen J. Stepp, had said in 2015 that as Raja stepped out of his vehicle, which was unmarked, “he was suddenly confronted by an armed subject.” Jones’ handgun was recovered on the ground outside his car; the new box it came in was inside, the chief said.

Raja was fired by the police department within a month and was charged in June 2016.

The legal aftermath of the death of Jones, who did not have a criminal record and was a church band member, heightened scrutiny of the Stand Your Ground law. It had earlier drawn controversy in 2012 after George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager. Zimmerman was eventually acquitted, and the law ultimately did not figure into the defense strategy pursued by his legal team.

“Our hearts go out to all of those who have and will continue to deal with the damaging effects of the tragic death of Corey Jones,” the City of Palm Beach Gardens said in a statement. “This tragedy has impacted everyone from the families to our local community, and beyond..”

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.