LEXINGTON, Ky. — A federal grand jury has indicted six men in the 2023 shooting death of Kristopher “Kris” Lewis, alleging they carried out a murder-for-hire scheme to stop him from testifying in a pending federal case, according to court records unsealed last week.
The indictment, returned Oct. 2 and unsealed Oct. 8 in the Eastern District of Kentucky, names William Quejohn “Money/Que” Dixon; Rollie Deshawn “Ral/Ral-O” Lamar; Daquis Damarr “Tona/Quis/Killer Quis/KQ” Sharp; Desmond Elijah “Bibby” Bellomy; Jatiece Alvin “Baba/JT/HBBABA” Parks; and Deangelo Montavius “Doja” Boone. Prosecutors say the group used cellphones and interstate travel and offered cash and other valuables as payment to kill Lewis on Sept. 29, 2023, in Fayette County.
The centerpiece allegation is stark: Dixon, Lamar, Sharp, Bellomy and Parks “killed Kristopher Lewis by shooting him with one or more firearms” to prevent his attendance and testimony in federal criminal proceedings involving Lamar and “offenses relating to narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and firearms,” the indictment states. Boone is charged in the murder-for-hire counts tied to alleged use of interstate facilities and conspiracy…