The gunman who mercilessly opened fire on Jewish worshipers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue in Oct. 2018, killing 11 congregants in one of the deadliest antisemitic attacks in US history, was convicted Friday.

Robert G. Bowers, 50, was tried on 63 criminal counts, including hate crimes resulting in death and obstruction of the free exercise of religion resulting in death.

The verdict was reached Friday morning after the jury deliberated for just a few hours following closing arguments on Thursday afternoon, TribLIVE reporter Paula Reed Ward said.

Bowers initially offered a guilty plea in return for a life sentence, but federal prosecutors turned him down. 

Jurors must now decide whether the truck driver should be sent to death row or sentenced to life in prison without parole.

In the run-up to the high-profile trial, his lawyers said he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and structural and functional brain impairments.

In addition to the 11 fatalities, Bowers also injured seven people, including five police officers who responded to the scene.

In a pretrial filing, prosecutors that Bowers “harbored deep, murderous animosity towards all Jewish people.”