Bullets that ripped across a gas station parking lot, killing a 42-year-old man last year, also struck cars with the shooter’s sister and his cousin sitting inside.
Closing arguments begin this morning in the murder trial of 20-year-old Montez Davis. The jury then will decide if Davis is guilty of premeditated first-degree murder and other related charges.
Prosecutors and police have alleged throughout the trial, which started Tuesday, that at about 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 9, 2010, Davis drove through the parking lot of the Kanku’s gas station at 3440 Wilcox Blvd.
Documents state that as Davis drove a rented white 2009 Jeep Patriot through the lot, Anthony Russell threw a beer bottle through the back window of the vehicle.
Davis drove to the far exit of the parking lot, stopped the car and grabbed a .40-caliber Glock pistol from his friend Juane Howard, who was sitting in the passenger seat. Davis stepped out of the car and began firing back at the crowd of people near the gas pumps.