WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old Wichita man has been convicted in the shooting death of another man in what police say was a botched marijuana deal.

Mark Holley III was found guilty Monday of first-degree felony murder in the death of 18-year-old D’Shaun Smith. He was also convicted of six other charges.

Holley will be sentenced March 13.

Police have said Smith and an 18-year-old woman connected with Holley met him in a residential neighborhood to buy drugs. Smith later was found dead in the woman’s car.

Holley is facing life in prison on the murder charge.

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SEDGWICK COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Sedgwick County are investigating a murder of a teenager and have a suspect in custody.

Just after 1p.m. Monday, police responded to the 6200 Block of East Orme Street in Wichita after report of a shooting, according to Wichita Police Lt. Todd Ojile during Tuesday’s online media briefing.

Officers found a wounded 18-year-old identified as D’Shaun Smith in a vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators learned that Smith and a woman in the vehicle had gone to the location to meet an unknown suspect to purchase marijuana.

During the transaction, the suspect attempted to rob the victim, fired a gun, and fled on foot.

Police developed a suspect in the case, set up surveillance at a residence in the area and made an arrest. A suspect identified in the Sedgwick County arrest report as Mark Lewis Holley III, 18, was booked into jail on requested charges of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery, according to police.

Investigators expect to present the case against Holley to the district attorney on Wednesday, according to Ojile.