Freddy Patterson and Charles Adams.
A group of young men in Arizona, all teenagers at the time, fired more than 20 bullets into a car full of children and fellow teens — including a 5-year-old boy who was killed — then picked up dinner afterward and returned to the scene to take a video, which they used to “brag about the shooting,” according to prosecutors.
Alfred Gary, 18, Freddy Patterson, 18, and Charles Adams, 20, were sentenced this week for the deadly 2023 drive-by, which was said to have been gang-related, according to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. The trio was driving in Tempe when they came across a car filled with seven people and blasted away.
All three defendants pleaded guilty to multiple felony offenses, including second-degree murder, drive-by shooting, conspiracy to commit drive-by shooting, and aggravated assault. Gary was handed a 16-year prison sentence, while Patterson and Adams were each sentenced to 30 years, the attorney’s office announced. A fourth alleged shooter, Demarcus Frazier, 32, still has his case pending and is facing the death penalty.
“There were seven people in the other car, most of whom were children and teens,” the release said. “The defendants fired more than 20 rounds into the Impala, killing a 5-year-old boy. A 17-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl were wounded. The defendants then picked up dinner before returning to the crime scene to take a video, which they used to brag about the shooting with fellow gang members.”
According to prosecutors, Patterson and Adams are both documented members of a local Phoenix street gang and they had “an issue” with a rival gang member who was allegedly a passenger in the Impala. The pair was given an additional 5 years in prison for a separate drive-by shooting in Phoenix that occurred just two days before the Impala was targeted.
Teens murdered a 5-year-old, then returned to the scene to film a twisted victory lap
A group of young men in Arizona allegedly carried out a drive-by shooting and then returned to the crime scene to take a video, which they used to "brag" about it, according to prosecutors.
Hopefully Demarcus gets the needle.
