ICYMI: Child Support Fight Led To Murder, Says Brooklyn DA

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A man who killed the mother of his two young children in a fight over child support has been convicted of murder, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office.

Tristan Anderson, 30, told police he shoved Shawntell Davis, 25, then left her “gurgling and wheezing” on the floor of her home at 953 DeKalb Ave. at 2 a.m. on July 22, 2014, said Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.

But evidence presented in court showed that Davis, the mother of two children now aged 3 and 8, died after being strangled and beaten on the head with a blunt instrument, the DA’s office said.

Anderson, of East New York, was convicted of murder and manslaughter in Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Monday and is expected to be sentenced on May 1. He faces up to 25 years to life in prison, according to the District Attorney’s office.

“Not only did he selfishly and senselessly take the life of a young mother,” said Gonzalez, “this defendant left his children essentially without any parents as he will inevitably be sentenced to a very long and well-deserved term behind bars.”

Contact information for Anderson’s attorney was not immediately available.

Image via the Brooklyn District Attorney's office.