12/1/2022
This came after a lead gang member was arrested in connection with a nightclub shooting in 2017 and learned the victim — and also a gang member — was interviewed by law enforcement about the incident, prosecutors say.
Gary Terrell Davis, 36, of Cartersville is the last of the eight gang members accused of participating in the killing of the teenager to be sentenced to prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced in a Nov. 30 news release. This was in connection with his role in the killing as part of a federal RICO conspiracy.
Investigators say Davis advised other gang members on the best location for the fatal shooting of Qualeef Rhodes, according to a superseding indictment.
The nightclub shooting
The sentencing of the eight gang members stems from the early hours of May 13, 2017, when an argument broke out between the 135 Pirus gang and “a rival gang member” outside of a nightclub in Brookhaven, according to the release. Brookhaven is 11 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.
Prosecutors say Kent, while the 135 Pirus gang’s leader, began shooting toward a crowd of people and his bullets struck the rival gang member and a club security guard.
At the time, Rhodes was outside the nightclub when the gunfire erupted, according to the superseding indictment. The violence resulted in Kent’s arrest by authorities after he tried fleeing, prosecutors say.
At a hearing, Kent and others learned Rhodes had broken the gang’s rules and spoke with authorities about the shooting, the indictment states.
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