A New Jersey jury convicted Rashid Ali Bynum of murder on Monday in the gunning down of a Republican councilwoman earlier this year.

Eunice Dwumfour, the victim, was the first Black member of the Sayreville city council. Bynum’s sentencing date has been scheduled for Aug. 18 by Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Joseph Paone. He is facing a sentence of 30 years to life in prison.

According to Christian Onuoha, who served alongside Dwumfour on the borough council and attended her church, Bynum used to be part of Dwumfour’s congregation years ago.

“She was his pastor around 2018,” he told Fox News Digital. “That was the last time any of us remember seeing him.”

Police found her riddled with gunshot wounds in her white Nissan SUV around 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 1, 2023.