Lawrenceville Killing Was a Gang Hit Over $500, Police Say

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA -- The shooting death of Lawrenceville 25-year-old Jeffrey Anderson was a hit ordered by a leader of the Bloods street gang from behind prison walls.

That’s according to testimony from police Wednesday during a preliminary hearing for Gordan Evans, an alleged leader of the Nine Trey Bloods despite having been in state prison since 2003.

The Gwinnett Daily Post has a full account of the hearing.

Evans’ attorney, meanwhile, denies the charges, questioning claims that his client is so powerful in the gang and that he would order a hit over what Gwinnett County Police Det. Patrick Watson said was a mere $500 loan to Anderson.

According to the Daily Post, Watson testified extensively about Evans’ role in the slaying, in which Durell Leeshon Lewis, 25, and Dossie Davon Mann, 19, are accused as the gunmen. (Lewis remains at large.) Watson testified that:

_ Evans had a contraband cellphone in Hancock State Prison. That phone would at some point be tapped by investigators.

_ Evans loaned $500 to Anderson, then became angry when he saw, on Facebook, that Anderson apparently spent the money going to a club instead of on rent.

_ Mann and Lewis watched football with Anderson on November 24, then pulled guns on him. The pair, according to Watson, held Anderson’s head under water in a bathtub before both men fired at him and, ultimately, Lewis shot him twice in the head.

Police found Anderson’s body several hours later. His hair was reportedly still wet from the bathtub.

To read the Daily Post’s original report, click here.