DeKalb Bloods To Be Sentenced For Insult Killings

DECATUR, GA — Three men convicted of being part of the Bloods street gang will be sentenced Thursday for their role in the killing of two women who supposedly insulted a gang leader.

Demetre Mason, Frankland Henderson and Michael Jenkins were convicted in April of the shooting. They will appear before Judge Linda Hunter in DeKalb County Superior Court at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday for sentencing, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

They are accused of chasing down and killing Sonia Williams and Shaniqua Camacho in the Snapfinger area of Decatur on May 19, 2014.

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Under Georgia law, Mason and Henderson, who were convicted of murder, each face a minimum of life in prison. Jenkins, convicted of aggravated assault, faces six to 35 years in prison.

In January, Malcolm Jamal "Dot" Brown, of Smyrna, was arrested and accused of giving the order to kill Williams and Camacho. According to prosecutors, Brown ordered underlings in the gang to kill the women after Williams turned down his romantic advances and "disrespected" him.

Prosecutors say he also may have been worried that the women would give away his location to rival gang members.

Brown, of Smyrna, is facing two counts of malice murder, eight counts of violating the street gang act and violation of the racketeering influenced and corrupt organizations act.

Camacho, a South Carolina resident, was visiting Atlanta where she reconnected with Williams, a friend from middle school. The two were out socializing on the night of the killing.

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