A Houston jury has convicted a Hispanic of murdering his white neighbor during a confrontation outside the neighbor's home two years ago

Raul Rodriguez, 47, faces up to life in prison for the 2010 killing of Kelly Danaher. Rodriguez was angry about the noise coming from his neighbor's home, where a birthday party was taking place. He went to the home and got into an argument with Danaher, a 36-year-old elementary school teacher, and two other men who were at the party. In a 22-minute video he recorded the night of the shooting, Rodriguez can be heard telling a police dispatcher "my life is in danger now" and "these people are going to go try and kill me." He then said "I'm standing my ground here," and shot Danaher. The two other men were wounded. Prosecutors pointed out that Rodriguez was the aggressor who took a gun to complain about loud music and could have safely left his neighbor's driveway any time before the shooting. Danaher's widow told jurors that her husband was not a confrontational person and that if he had known the get-together - a birthday party for her and their young daughter - was disturbing others, he would have taken care of the situation. During the trial, prosecutors showed that Rodriguez had a history of not getting along with Danaher and other neighbors in Huffman, an unincorporated area about 30 miles northeast of Houston. One neighbor testified that Rodriguez, who had a concealed handgun license, bragged about his guns and that he told her a person could avoid prosecution in a shooting by telling authorities you were in fear of your life and were standing your ground and defending yourself. Danaher, a physical education teacher at Sorters Mill's Elementary school, was survived by his wife Mindy and their daughter Peri, who was 3-years-old at the time of his death.