Trio Given 8-Year Prison Sentences In Bayberry Apartments Shooting Caught On Video

  • Friday, September 7, 2018

Three men charged in the attempted murder of Dequan Jamal Duke on April 25 of last year were given eight-year prison sentences on Thursday.

 

Demarcus Hubbard, Tadarius Hester and Darrien Metcalf got eight years for attempted second-degree murder and six years for aggravated assault.

At the time Hubbard and Hester were 18 and Metcalf was 21.

 

They appeared before Criminal Court Judge Barry Steelman.

 

Police said the entire incident was caught on video at the Bayberry Apartments. 

 

Police said the video shows all firing different type weapons multiple times at the victim.

 

All three suspects are Crips gang members, police said at the time.

 

All three were charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony and reckless endangerment.

 

Police said at 8:40 p.m. officers overheard shots fired at the apartments at 2300 Wilson St. Several spent shell casings were located at the northwest corner of Building 1. They included 9mm, .380 and .40 caliber.

 

A short time later the victim arrived by personal vehicle at Memorial Hospital suffering from a gunshot to the neck.

 

The persons who carried Duke to the hospital say they had just dropped another person off at the apartments when several black males opened fire.  

 

Police said after viewing the video they were able to identify Hubbbard, Hester and Metcalf.

 

Police said several cameras at the apartments captured each of the three prior, during and after the shooting. 

 

 

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