Atlanta Men Sentenced For Murdering Man In Front Of 11-Year-Old Daughter

ATLANTA, GA – Two Atlanta men received life plus 60 years imprisonment for murdering a local drug dealer in front of his 11-year-old daughter.

Atlanta gang members Jamal Chandler, 30, and Andreas Perkins, 20, were sentenced on Tuesday after a Fulton County jury found them both guilty of murder, felony murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, cruelty to children and other related charges in the killing of Randy Menefee on January 26, 2014.

Menefee was at home when a masked Chandler and Perkins forcefully entered his apartment at 11:20 p.m. with their guns drawn with the intent of robbing him.

Menefee was robbed and fatally shot in the chest and arm in front of his 11-year-old daughter. The defendants ran out of the home three minutes later with just $136.

Atlanta police quickly responded to the scene shortly after the shooting and detectives located an eyewitness.

The woman identified Chandler and Perkins as the men she saw covering their faces with black masks just outside of Menefee’s apartment building. The witness told authorities the men entered the apartment seconds later.

Both Chandler and Perkins told police they were outside of the apartment building when they heard the gunshots and ran into Menefee’s apartment to render aid.

Evidence, however, collected from the murder scene disputed their story.

The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Vincent Faucette and Assistant District Attorney Jeremy Morris with the assistance of Fulton County District Attorney Investigator Bernice Higgins.

Detective Summer Benton from the Atlanta Police Department led the initial investigation.

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