MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Two men, who are a part of a Memphis street gang, were each sentenced to 50 years in prison for a gang-related murder that occurred in January 2019.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial on February 13, Edward Allen, also known as E-Money, 42, of Los Angeles, and Deandre Rodgers, also known as Dre, 29, of Memphis, were high-ranking members of the Unknown Vice Lords, also known as The Ghost Mob, which held territory throughout the Mid-South.
As proven at trial, on January 10, 2019, the Supreme Elite Chief and his girlfriend were murdered in broad daylight in a residential neighborhood. Although the gang initially believed a rival gang was responsible, it eventually concluded that one of its own had killed its leader and decided to retaliate.
Three days later, Allen and Rodgers obtained guns from fellow gang member Vincent Grant, also known as V-Slash, 41, of Memphis. The next morning, around 1 a.m., Allen, Rodgers, Grant, and another gang member drove the victim to the back of a rundown apartment complex, where Allen and Rodgers used the guns Grant provided to murder the victim…