PITTSBURGH — Seven men from a local gang involved in violence that led to a shooting death of a beloved garbage collector in 2014 have pleaded guilty in state court.
The shooting took place in Pittsburgh’s Hilltop neighborhood.
According to our partners at Trib Live, the seven men were members of the Zhoove gang based in Beltzhoover. At the time, they were fighting with members of a gang from Arlington called Darccide.
On October 13, 2014, 29-year-old Omar Hodges was waiting in his car for his crew to pick him up for work when he was shot.
The Trib reports that Hodges got out of his car and was taken to the hospital but died.
Police said Zhoove and Darccide “engaged in an all-out turf war.”
The Trib reports that in the state court case, two people entered pleas last week with five more pleading on Monday.
According to the Trib, the pleas include the following:
- Corey Cheatom, 34, Chris Brown, 29, and Holman Brown, 30, who all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit third-degree murder in Hodges’ death and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault in another shooting.
- Cody Duncan, 30, who pleaded no contest to aggravated assault in another related shooting.
- Lance Gardenhire, 46, who pleaded guilty to two counts of solicitation for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in two shootings.
- Sheraun Davis, 38, and Shakeem Davis, 31, who pleaded no contest last week to conspiracy to commit aggravated assault in a related shooting. Both were sentenced to non-reporting probation.
The Trib said the five who pleaded on Monday will be sentenced at a later date.
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