A Lehigh County jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder after he killed a man with a shotgun following an argument.

Prosecutors said the killing resulted from road rage, according to the Morning Call of Allentown.

Curtis Nathan Thomas, 37, was convicted Friday of first-degree murder and fleeing police, according to a Lehigh County District Attorney’s office spokeswoman. Thomas' address is not listed in court papers.

Thomas will be sentenced Jan. 22, the spokeswoman said. First-degree murder, or premeditated murder, carries an automatic life sentence in Pennsylvania. Thomas will never have the opportunity for parole, according to Pennsylvania law.

Witnesses told police they saw Thomas arguing with victim Charles Hughes III of Allentown shortly before the killing on Nov. 1, 2017, on South Ninth Street near West Wyoming Street in Allentown.

Hughes was standing outside a gray Acura sedan when Thomas told him, “I got something for you,” according to court records.

Thomas drove away but police found him in the area of North Sixth and West Walnut streets, records say. Police said he had 58 bags of cocaine, 15 bags of crystal meth and a shotgun with a discharged shell in the chamber.

The district attorney’s spokeswoman said he’ll stand trial on drug charges Jan. 28. He was previously convicted in a nonjury trial for possessing the shotgun despite a prior felony conviction, she said.

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