Four men have been charged in the February 2021 murders of Leila and Tony Lewis—the grandparents of rapper HoneyKomb Brazy.
As Fox 10 reports, 43-year-old convicted drug kingpin Darrin Jamark “DD” Southall, Terrance Sanchez Watkins, 25, and Jamarcus Devonta Chambers, 29, allegedly participated in the murder with a fourth unnamed man. The murders—which were unsolved for a year—took place at Mobile, Alabama’s Happy Hill community, as four gunman fired at their building before it exploded and started a fire. Leila Lewis died as a result of the fire itself, per Mobile County Assistant District Attorney Louis Walker.
“We’re very grateful for the District Attorney’s Office to be able to, at this point, make and approve charges in light of the Mobile Police Department’s hard work and investigation to hold those responsible for this double murder to be held responsible under the law,” Walker told the local station.
On Friday, Southall had already been sentenced to 35 years over drug and escape convictions after pleading guilty in November to possess with intent distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to commit money laundering, and reportedly admitted to running a $24 million drug empire.
“He had the biggest operation, the largest amount of drugs that was going through – tremendous amounts of cash,” Acting U.S. Attorney Sean Costello said. “He had a sophisticated operation. He was, by and large, the largest-scale drug dealer we have had operate in this area and a long, long time.”
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