Atlanta 2016 Homicides, Unsolved/No Arrest -- GD Federal Indictment Connection?

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While pouring over 2016 Homicides in Fulton County GIS, I can't help but notice a connection between the homicide rate increasing after April 28, 2016 when the federal authorities dropped a huge RICO indictment against the Gangster Disciples.

I am thinking some of these homicides might have been retaliatory and targeted people suspected of being informants or people that could become witnesses against those involved.

Here is the DOJ indictment: Forty-Eight Alleged Members of Gangster Disciples Indicted on Federal Racketeering Charges

Synopsis: "Forty-eight alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples Gang – including the top leaders in Tennessee and Georgia – have been charged in two indictments and accused of conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that included multiple murders, attempted murder and drug crimes."​

"A 12-count indictment was returned by a grand jury on April 27, and unsealed today in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Georgia. Thirty individuals were taken into custody today and two remain at large. A 16-count indictment was returned by a grand jury on April 22, and unsealed today in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Tennessee. Fifteen individuals were taken into custody today and one remains at large."​

So I decided to begin cross referencing the homicide victims and GIS data and trying to see if a connection between these victims and this gang exists, even barely. Were some of these victims killed for being suspected of cooperating or assisting in the investigation and could this be a potential motive for the unsolved homicides?

51 Unsolved Homicides from 2016
WSB-TV Channel 2:
51 Atlanta homicides from 2016 unsolved

Here is a list of 2016 unsolved homicides by date and victim's name via FOIA Request, some cases have had an arrest made:

The victims were:

Jan. 13: Deonta Evans, 19
Jan. 16: Murver Carter, 64
Jan. 23: Michael Robinson, 21
Feb. 5: Mamadou Matesso, 55
Feb. 17: Larry Cooper, 33
Feb. 20: Timothy Nunn, 40
March 13: Xavier Matthews, 18
March 15: Derrick Seals, 48
March 16: Earl Manassa, 23
March 25: Duntavius Pittman, 21
APRIL 28, 2016 -- GD INDICTMENT DROPS
May 2: Tracy Jackson, 44
May 27: Usef Bell, 35

May 31: Bridget Shiel, 19
Prior to the arrest, a GD connection was suspected in this case. The victim, 19 year old Bridget Sheil, was found naked and shot to death in Atlanta, Zone 1, Rev. James Orange, Oakland City Park on May 28, 2016. One month after the GD indictment.​

This is GD turf which seems to support a GD connection to this homicide. This location was used for "2012 GD day", members reside in this neighborhood and homicide detectives would have approached these residences while canvassing the area after Shiels 2016 homicide.​

Supported with this video:

You can see the Oakland City Park address on the GD flyer, (warning, explicit language).​

Prior to Sheil's death, she had called police in Dekalb County Georgia and reported her boyfriend Kevin for assault and had been to jail for a physical altercation between BF's child's mother.​

These domestic incidents with Shiel occured in Dekalb County, GA. I do not have the dates and times that these 911 calls and arrests were made, if you do, great. Please post the dates of these incidents or arrests, if you can.​

The reason these are crucial is that this police contact could raise suspicions about her cooperating with police especially after a huge federal round up. This gang is violent and will kill witnesses or suspected informants.​

This information about Shiels prior contacts with police would have been (potentially) accessable to Vancito Gumbs, a former Dekalb County Police Officer and admitted GD hitman.
Gumbs was indicted in this GD federal RICO round up on April 28, 2016, one month prior to Shiels death.​

You will find this crucial regarding Jokisha Brown as well who had contact with Gwinnett County police when she was raped and abducted by her ex boyfriend and suspected (but not formerly charged witn homicide, ex boyfriend, Alfredo Capote).​

Shiel's boyfriend, Kevin notes her "loud mouth" and "smart mouth" getting her into trouble as a potential motive for her murder. She may have been suspected as an informant and taken to this location to answer to it.​

An arrest has been made of a Rollin' 20s Crips member based on DNA Evidence from a sprite bottle and a rape kit. The accused is Christopher Spencer. However, this individual denies ever meeting Shiel, despite irrefutable DNA evidence.​

The case relies upon evidence collected in a county where an officer was indicted for involvement with GDs, Vancito Gumbs. The vehicle and evidence was recoveted in the same town that Gumbs resided in. Case was investigated by the Atlanta Police Department, homicide unit. Fulton County D.A. is prosecuting.​

June 1: Shahriar Zolfaghari, 34
June 8: Tavares Robinson, 40
June 8: Dante Sutton, 37
June 9: Conan Blue, 37
June 10: Homer Thirkkield, 19
June 13: Darryl Gibson, 32
June 16: Larlethea Sharrieff, 53
June 25: Alvin Andrews, 21
June 26: Fernando Wingfield, 43

July 1: Jokisha Brown, 35
Model/Actress, 35 year old female from Jacksonville, FL who had contact with the police when being raped and abducted from her Gwinnett County home by her ex boyfriend Alfredo Capote.​

Capote is a suspect in her death but not formerly charged, as far as I am aware. She was killed outside of a beauty salon in the parking lot on Cheshire Bridge Rd and shot 13 times from the passenger side window.​

Capote was considered to be on the run at this time. An unidentified male was seen by a witness standing across the street before the shooting on Cheshire Bridge in a vacant area filled with wooded trees and brush and several cell towers next to South Fork Peachtree Creek.​

Brown and Shiel have similar circumstances, both from out of town, crime victims with contact with the police, both in the same profession in entertainment. Could have been suspected as informants or undercovers.​

Brown recently lost her brother to gun violence in Jacksonville, FL.​

July 4: Andrew Churchhill, 28
July 5: Quintin Williams, 18
July 10: Tevoris Brock, 25

July 23: Taylor Hayden, 25
Ms. Hayden was from Texas. She was shot outside of the Anchor Lounge in Lindbergh on Piedmont Rd. in Atlanta, Georgia. She was the sister of a senator and was an innocent bystander to a gunfight between two parties that erupted at 5am.​

July 31: Reginald Edwards, 26
July 31: Dyllon Scott, 18
Aug. 4: Deondre Dickerson, 20
Aug. 4: Dejon Fuller: 24
Aug. 22: David Williams, 35
Sept. 5: Lamarr Thomas, 28
Sept. 16: Terrance Paige, 25
Sept. 14: Morgan Oller, 26
Sept. 16: Henry Horton, 28
Oct. 18: Tychika Hefflin, 34
Nov. 1: Demandril Jackson, 22
Nov. 1: Reginald Thomas, 51
Nov. 1: Octavious Brooks, 43
Nov. 2: Carl Cosby, 28
Nov. 3: David Jackson, 22
Nov. 9: Rodney Davenport, 57
Nov. 19: Jaron Ramsby, 34
Nov. 20: Jayquan Stevenson, 26
Nov. 30: David Hood Jr., 40
Dec. 12: Joshua Sherrod, 23
Dec. 13: Anthony Freeman, 26
Dec. 24: Cedric Weaver, 33
Dec. 26: Scott Hull, 37
Dec. 31: Julia McTure, 47


What I am simply trying to do with this post is gather victim details, arrests made/circumstances of the homicide to see how many of these deaths could potentially be gang related and retaliatory to that GD indictment on April 28, 2016.

I think considering this GD angle could solve some homicides that occured in 2016. If that angle is explored by investigators my thoughts are it could bring some peace to the families of the victims. I believe the link to this indictmemt may help solve some of these homicides and could use your help to gather information on the topic.
 
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