(NewsNation) — In the minutes after the jury delivered a split verdict in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal trial, his family was jumping for joy and talking about him coming to a Fourth of July party.

On Wednesday, a jury found Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, which could net him years in prison.

He was found not guilty on a RICO charge and two counts of sex trafficking. Those acquittals allow Combs to avoid the life sentence a guilty racketeering charge would have carried.

As the decision was announced, NewsNation crews heard a gasp in the courtroom and screaming in one of the overflow courtrooms.

Combs mouthed “thank you, thank you,” multiple times as the judge addressed the jury and thanked them for their civic duty.

Then, Combs turned around to his family — six of his seven children attended court on Wednesday — got on his knees, put his hands up as if praying, and said, “It’s going to be okay.”

NewsNation crews witnessed two of his children, Christian and Justin Combs, jumping up and down in the Manhattan courthouse’s elevator following the verdict.

“They were jubilant,” said NewsNation producer Tommy Christaldi, who was sharing an elevator with members of Combs’ family. “They were jumping up and down to the point where I really thought the elevator might break. They were banging on the (elevator) doors shouting ‘Let’s go! Let’s go!’ It was a lot,” recalled Christaldi. “They were clearly thrilled with the outcome.”

They told a reporter they were “overjoyed,” as they shared plans to have a Fourth of July party in Miami later this week — with their father potentially in attendance.

The judge is expected to decide whether Combs will be released on bond prior to sentencing later Wednesday afternoon.