Opinion ID: 1434436
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Davises[4]

Text: Six Davis siblings testified at Armstrong's trial. Levonne Davis (Levonne) testified she met Armstrong before the date of the shooting when she went to visit her cousins, Antwon and Tyreese, in Milwaukee. The other Davis siblings did not say whether they knew Armstrong before the date of the shooting, [5] but they all visited with Armstrong on January 6, 1996, when he stayed at Channelle's house. That evening a group of people, including the Davises, the Hamiltons, the Armstrongs, and Terrell, gathered at Channelle's house. J. Davis (J.), who was sixteen, testified he saw Armstrong with a gun on the table at Channelle's house. J. also saw the gun in Armstrong's hand. Later, the group decided to go to C.J.'s nightclub. Two trips were made to the bar that night. The first trip consisted only of the Armstrongs, the Hamiltons, and Brown. Armstrong testified that after about one hour at the bar, his brothers could not drive because they had been drinking heavily so Armstrong returned to Channelle's house and picked up the others. Although there is some confusion about who was in the vehicle during the second trip to the nightclub, most parties said Armstrong returned to Channelle's residence and drove Channelle, Devonne, Diane, Terrell, and another young woman named Diane Vaughn, back to C.J.'s nightclub. Channelle testified she was in the front passenger seat of Armstrong's vehicle when she saw a gun in the car Armstrong was driving. Channelle stated the radio had been removed from the vehicle, and a gun, which was covered with wires, had been placed in the radio compartment. Inside the nightclub, J., Diane, Devonne, and Channelle, each testified Diane and Terrell became involved in an argument which began to escalate as more people got involved. Some of the Hamiltons and the Armstrongs intervened in the dispute on Diane's behalf, while some of the McGees intervened on Terrell's behalf. At that point, Jones, the bar owner, displayed a handgun and ordered the group out of the bar. Devonne testified she saw Armstrong with a gun while inside the bar. Channelle testified Armstrong was yelling, G.D., which stands for Gangster Disciple. Diane also heard Armstrong yelling G.D., but Diane did not know what it meant. After Jones ordered everyone to leave the nightclub, Levonne, J., Devonne, Channelle, and Diane each testified they went outside and stood in the parking lot. Each testified the argument continued outside the nightclub and they saw Armstrong with a gun. Devonne, Channelle, and Diane testified they did not see anyone else in the parking lot with a gun. Levonne witnessed Armstrong shooting down toward the ground at Carlos, who had fallen. Devonne stated she saw Armstrong shoot at Carlos, saw Carlos fall to the ground, and observed Armstrong begin shooting down toward the ground. Channelle witnessed Armstrong shoot at Carlos as Carlos tried to run away, Channelle then saw Carlos get shot and fall to the ground. Diane also testified Armstrong began shooting at Carlos and Carlos fell to the ground. J. said he saw Armstrong shooting, but J. ducked and did not see who Armstrong was shooting toward. Devonne related that as Armstrong was firing at Carlos, Armstrong also shot Devonne and Yolanda. Immediately after the shooting, Armstrong, Solomon, Antwon, Tyreese, and Brown ran to Solomon's car in an attempt to flee. Both Devonne and Levonne testified Devonne, wounded, followed the men to Solomon's car and got in the car. When the men realized the car was stuck in mud, the men left the car and ran to Channelle's residence, leaving Devonne behind. Armstrong, Solomon, Antwon, and Tyreese were arrested soon after the shooting and, with the exception of Armstrong, they were released the following day. After their release, the men returned to Milwaukee. Devonne and J. also traveled to Milwaukee after the shooting and J. testified he stayed for about one year.