Testimony begins in trial of trio accused of carjacking, killing man

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Prosecution testimony got underway today in the trial of two convicted felons and another man accused of gunning down a 24-year-old Riverside resident after carjacking him and his girlfriend.

Trezell Lamone Heckard, 30, of Vallejo, Anthony Antoine Wright, 33, of Indio, and Qevon Xavier Harvey, 27, of Desert Hot Springs are accused in the 2022 slaying of Benjamin Chanes.

The trio are all charged with first-degree murder, two counts each of carjacking and kidnapping and one count of burglary, along with special circumstance allegations of killing in the course of a robbery, killing in the course of a kidnapping and killing in the course of a burglary…

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