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Man convicted of deadly street brawl in Lancaster

by City News Service • September 12, 2018

Brandy “Brandon” Houston (inset) was shot 12 times during an afternoon street brawl on Nov. 29, 2012, near Coach’s Sports Bar & Grill on the 43000 Block of Gadsden Avenue in Lancaster.

LANCASTER – A man was convicted Wednesday of shooting and killing a man during a street brawl in Lancaster nearly six years ago.

Jurors deliberated about two hours before finding Cedric Burton Jr., 33, guilty of first-degree murder for the Nov. 29, 2012 slaying of Brandy “Brandon” Houston, according to Deputy Los Angeles County District Attorney Ryan Williams.

The panel also found true the special circumstance allegation of lying in wait, along with gun and gang allegations, according to the prosecutor.

The jury was the second to hear the case against Burton. The first jury deadlocked in April, with the majority favoring a guilty verdict.

Burton is facing life in prison without the possibility of parole, with sentencing set for Oct. 3.

(L to R) Terrell Henderson, Joshua Lockett and Randy Sullivan were sentenced in 2014 to potential life prison terms after being convicted of second-degree murder for Houston’s killing. (LUIS MEZA)

Three other men — Terrell Henderson, Randy Sullivan and Joshua Lockett — were sentenced in 2014 to potential life prison terms after being convicted of second-degree murder for Houston’s killing. A state appeals court panel subsequently rejected the defense’s claim that there was insufficient evidence to support their convictions, and the California Supreme Court refused in 2016 to review the case.

The brawl was spurred by an argument between the 21-year-old victim and his live-in girlfriend, who called her sister for a ride, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Her sister sent Henderson, Sullivan and Lockett to pick her up, and they got into an argument with Houston and his family members, authorities said. The three men left, but promised to return, sheriff’s officials said.

The men later returned with Burton, and a melee erupted in which Burton shot the victim 12 times, authorities said.

Burton was arrested in May 2016 by sheriff’s detectives and has remained in jail since then.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Lancaster

5 comments for "Man convicted of deadly street brawl in Lancaster"

  1. Loyalty says

    October 4, 2018 at 7:06 pm

    Wrong person got convicted

  2. David Davis says

    September 14, 2018 at 9:27 am

    Thank God, they’re off the street for life and they will never have an opportunity to harm anyone else. In prison they can serve as girlfriends for starved out Giants.

  3. H says

    September 13, 2018 at 10:57 pm

    They should be scared. They little and will be someones girl.

  4. Bella says

    September 13, 2018 at 2:47 pm

    They look scared a.f.

  5. David G says

    September 13, 2018 at 3:54 am

    Leave Homie alone already

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