A Georgia man was convicted of murder after a jury saw evidence from his own Instagram account that he planned to “pop and dip” right before shooting his victim.
Shamel Crowder, 24, was found guilty in Clayton County Superior Court on Dec. 30 following a trial that concluded on Dec. 20, three years to the day after the 2021 shooting death of Geoffrey Canty, 19. The same day as the verdict, Crowder was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole plus 25 years.
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According to the district attorney’s office, Crowder met with Canty the afternoon of Dec. 20, 2021, so he could sell Canty a gun for the agreed-upon price of $300. But after Crowder got his payment, he shot Canty three times in the stomach with the gun he promised to sell to him. Crowder pocketed the money and the gun and left Canty to die in the parking lot of his workplace.
Two eyewitnesses to the crime were also arrested and tried as codefendants…