Teen will spend over a decade in prison after fatal shooting, attempted robbery in Winston-Salem

FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A teen was sentenced to 14 to 17 years in prison after a fatal shooting in Winston-Salem, according to Forsyth County District Attorney James O’Neill.

Saveonne Deshawn Gist, 18, pled guilty in Forsyth County Superior Court to second-degree murder.

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The defendant was initially charged as a juvenile, but the case was transferred to adult court for prosecution.

On Sept. 14, 2021, officers with the Winston-Salem Police Department responded to Ferrell Court in the Rolling Hills Apartments complex in response to a shooting and found 27-year-old Charles Edward Anderson Jr. inside the apartment unresponsive with one gunshot wound…

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