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Trio pleads not guilty in daylight shooting death

by M. Dilworth • March 6, 2013

Around 1 p.m. on Nov. 29, 2012, Brandon Houston (top right) was found lying on the street near Coaches Sports Bar & Grill suffering from several gunshot wounds to the upper torso. The three men charged with Houston's murder pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
Around 1 p.m. on Nov. 29, 2012, Brandon Houston (top right) was found lying on the street, near Coach’s Sports Bar & Grill, suffering from several gunshot wounds to the upper torso. The three men charged with Houston’s murder pleaded not guilty Wednesday. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)

LANCASTER – Three men charged with murder and gang enhancements stemming from a daylight shooting in Lancaster last year appeared in an Antelope Valley courtroom Wednesday.

Terrell Henderson, 21, Joshua Lockett, 20, and Randy Sullivan, 35, pleaded not guilty, and a preliminary hearing was set for March 19, according to Sandi Gibbons, public information officer for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

The three men were arrested on Nov. 29, 2012, hours after Brandon Houston was shot to death in Lancaster.

(L to R) Henderson, Lockett and Sullivan.
(L to R) Henderson, Lockett and Sullivan.

At approximately 1:09 p.m. that day, Lancaster deputies responded to the 43000 Block of Gadsden Avenue regarding an assault with a deadly weapon call, according to a Sheriff’s Department press report.

When officers arrived, they saw a Houston lying on the street suffering from several gunshot wounds to the upper torso. Houston, 21, was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators learned that the victim and several suspects were involved in a fight on the street, when one of the suspects pulled out a gun and fatally shot the victim, the sheriff’s press report states.

Family members said the street fight stemmed from a verbal dispute between Houston and the mother of his child, which escalated when the woman called the three suspects over to Houston’s home.

Houston’s sister, Lakeisha Coulter, said she witnessed the street fight and the shooting.

Henderson, Lockett and Sullivan were involved in the street fight with Houston, but there was a fourth man who pulled the trigger, Coulter claims. (Read more here.)

Only Henderson, Lockett and Sullivan are charged in Houston’s death. Each suspect remains jailed on $2 million bail.

Related stories:

Gunman still at large in daylight shooting death, witnesses say

3 arrested for murder in daylight shooting death

Man shot to death in Lancaster

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety

20 comments for "Trio pleads not guilty in daylight shooting death"

  1. vona says

    March 11, 2013 at 2:45 am

    Don’t be so quick to judge someone’s journey if you haven’t walked their path. Everyone makes mistakes so how can we judge. No one is perfect and he didn’t deserve to die. I pray everyday that justice will be served for my friend Brandon , cause his family deserves that much. Rest in Heaven Brandon Labre Houston we miss you down here thuggin in these streets. Love you lots : )

    • Beervana says

      March 11, 2013 at 10:35 am

      Tru that, Ya think? . However, there should be justice for Brandon. RIP

    • sikntired says

      March 11, 2013 at 4:56 pm

      Yeah, Vona, we miss him down here thuggin in the streets….not!

      • Otto says

        March 11, 2013 at 6:57 pm

        Come on Sik- Haven’t you made “mistakes” and thugged in the streets before???

        • sikntired says

          March 11, 2013 at 11:33 pm

          Yeah,it was the sixties and I lived near Harvard Square.

          • Otto says

            March 12, 2013 at 6:05 pm

            Makes sense. I thugged in the mean streets of Greenwich Connecticut in my youth.

          • Palmdale_Diego says

            March 12, 2013 at 6:41 pm

            You haven’t thugged until you’ve thugged in hubcap Nevada.

          • Otto says

            March 12, 2013 at 7:01 pm

            Even I did not have the huevos to thug there, PD.

          • sikntired says

            March 12, 2013 at 8:41 pm

            East coast gangstas, lol.

          • Beervana says

            March 12, 2013 at 8:48 pm

            Thuggin on the mean streets of Minot. ;)

      • Beervana says

        March 12, 2013 at 8:49 pm

        …and it’s Vana, not Vona.

        • sikntired says

          March 12, 2013 at 9:07 pm

          Sorry,posting at top says vona.

  2. Palmdale_Steve says

    March 7, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    This happened Friday, 1 PM when the majority of working folks are at their place of employment, what’s up with that?

    • Gladys says

      March 7, 2013 at 5:01 pm

      Everyday’s a holiday at the end of that street.

    • J. Ripper says

      March 7, 2013 at 10:06 pm

      It was 5:00 somewhere.

      • Thomas says

        March 8, 2013 at 8:18 am

        That line refers to people who work and quiting time

        • Gladys says

          March 8, 2013 at 11:40 am

          lol sa

  3. narina says

    March 7, 2013 at 11:14 am

    ovcourse family will say they didnt do it ,because they know if there asses lock up they will be doing serious time

  4. mckenzie says

    March 7, 2013 at 8:21 am

    god bless the family

  5. Palmdale_Steve says

    March 6, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    Fine looking individuals and probably upstanding members of the community….NOT.

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