Tucker man gets second life sentence after pub shooting conviction

The Brief

  • Quinterius Sutton was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole, plus 15 years, after being convicted in the deadly 2023 shooting outside a Tucker pub.
  • He was convicted of felony murder after investigators proved all 11 bullet casings found at the scene came from a single weapon, disproving his claim that 21-year-old Trevor Stephenson shot at him first.
  • Sutton will serve the new sentence consecutively to a separate life sentence handed down last month after he pleaded guilty to a 2024 gas station murder in Chamblee.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. A 28-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of shooting and killing a man outside a Tucker pub in 2023, according to the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office.

What we know:

Quinterius Sutton is now serving a second life sentence after he was recently convicted in the 2023 shooting death of Trevor Stephenson, 21.

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