A Georgia man has been found guilty in the shooting death of a longtime friend who oed him $35.
DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Tangela Barrie found Rickey Carter, 65, Atlanta, guilty on charges of Malice Murder, Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony stemming from the shooting death of Quinlan Parker, 48, on January 28, 2022.
According to the investigation, officers with the DeKalb County Police Department responded to a call about a person shot at an apartment on Maypop Lane in unincorporated Decatur. When they arrived, police found Parker dead from a single gunshot wound to the chest.
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Investigators interviewed Parker’s wife, who said that Carter knocked on their door shortly after her husband returned home from work.
Carter was a longtime friend of Mr. Parker, so they let him in. Defendant Carter then began to argue with Mr. Parker about money that Parker had borrowed a few weeks earlier.
Hearing yelling, Parker’s stepdaughter came out of her room and began to record the argument on her cell phone. Parker’s wife said Defendant Carter pulled out a small black handgun and then she heard a gunshot. Defendant Carter tried to claim that he shot Mr. Parker in self-defense, but the cell phone video showed Mr. Parker backing away from Carter before he opened fire.
Defendant Carter left the house, and Parker’s wife performed CPR on her husband until paramedics arrived, but he did not survive.
Immediately following the guilty verdicts, Judge Barrie sentenced Defendant Carter to serve Life plus five years.
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