2 men indicted on murder charges in killing of witness
JACKSONVILLE Fla Dec 17 2017 The grand jury also returned first-degree murder charges for two men accused in the killing of a witness that was ordered from jail.
The State Attorney’s Office said public documents show Hercules Bowers and Aaron Gregory were “instrumental” in the 2016 shooting death of 62-year-old Michael Wright, a security guard who was scheduled to testify against Quintae Hudson.
Hudson, who was already behind bars awaiting trial on an aggravated assault charge, ordered the hit on Wright after Wright saw Hudson throw a concrete block into a car with a family inside, prosecutors said.
While in jail, Hudson — a high-ranking member of the NeighborHood Bloods Rollin 20s gang — had phone conversations with Bowers in which he asked that Wright be killed so he could not testify, prosecutors said.
Bowers, the regional leader of the gang, facilitated the killing that was executed by Gregory, a member who then received a promotion in the gang, according to prosecutors.
Hudson was previously indicted, convicted of ordering the murder of the witness and sentenced to life in prison.
In addition to first-degree murder, Bowers is also charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder (with gang enhancements).
Gregory is also charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder (with gang enhancements) and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
“A known criminal gang orchestrated the murder of a witness poised to testify against one of their own,” Nelson about the indictments of Bowers and Gregory. “Their actions are an affront to the justice system itself.”
