Louisiana Teenager Found Guilty In Killing Of Prominent High School Basketball Player

The second-degree murder conviction of a teenager in the shooting death of a star high school basketball player comes from northwest Louisiana.

According to local news sources, a jury in Caddo Parish found 19-year-old Shamichael Antonio Pearson guilty of murdering Devin Dewayne Myers on Thursday. Less than an hour of deliberation by the jury.

Myers participated in basketball at Huntington High School in Shreveport. In March 2022, the 17-year-old was on his way to a friend’s house to get a phone charger when he encountered Pearson.

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According to authorities, Pearson allegedly said “Didn’t I tell you that I was going to get you?” before shooting Myers up to 13 times in the back. According to the testimony given in court, Pearson fired at least two shots while standing over Myers’ body. He and Myers had fought before.

Once tests revealed the handgun was the murder weapon and had a DNA connection to Pearson, police discovered it in a freezer at Pearson’s home.

On March 27, Pearson will receive his sentence. He will be given a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of release.

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