Shiva Vereen, 52, found guilty of murder after fatally shooting a friend eight times over a $1,600 unpaid loan.
A Georgia man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2023 murder of his friend, who was shot and killed over an unpaid loan on Super Bowl night.
DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announced that a jury found Shiva Vereen, 52, guilty of Malice Murder, Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony in the death of Andrew Carpenter, 45.
The shooting occurred on February 13, 2023, at a sports bar on Evans Mill Road in the City of Stonecrest. According to the investigation, DeKalb County Police Department officers responded to a call of a person shot around 3:15 a.m. and found Carpenter deceased in the parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds…