On Friday, a Lawrenceville, Georgia, man was convicted of the November 2020 triple murders.
A Gwinnett County jury convicted Justice Lusk, 25, on three counts of malice murder, three counts of felony murder, three counts of aggravated assault, and three counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, according to WSB-TV.
Lusk was found guilty of the November 21, 2020, murders of Bob Caverly, 64, Steven Andrew Finch, 33, and Eugene McClam, 45, at a residential area on Creek Water Court, near Steve Reynolds Boulevard and Club Drive in Lawrenceville, as reported by 11 Alive.
Police were called to Caverly’s home. Upon arrival, they discovered McClam suffering from gunshot wounds on the front porch of a neighboring residence. Investigators found Caverly’s body, dead from gunshot wounds, inside the house near the front door, and Finch was found deceased in the garage, also from gunshots.
McClam later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
Investigators uncovered that Lusk took an Uber to Caverly’s house, according to the Gwinnett DA’s Office. After the shooting, he attempted to flee the scene in a Lyft, but the driver refused the ride.
When Lusk’s ride was refused, the Gwinnett DA’s Office said he took off running into a muddy, wooded area, ending up at a home on Millstream Trail. Lusk attempted to hide a backpack, blanket, AK-47 assault rifle, handgun, muddy clothes and shoes, and a large amount of methamphetamines and marijuana in a crawlspace at the residence.
With the assistance of a K9 unit, police quickly recovered Lusk’s hidden items and took them into custody.
The next day, Lusk attempted to retrieve the items, and law enforcement received a phone call about a suspicious vehicle. Police arrested Lusk around 1 a.m. at the Millstream Trail home.
During the investigation and at trial, Lusk claimed he shot all three men in self-defense, stating “he felt like his life was threatened.”
However, prosecutors argued that Lusk was attempting to steal the victims’ drugs, according to WSB-TV.
Lusk was found guilty and received three consecutive life sentences plus five years, without the possibility of parole.
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[Featured image via Gwinnett County PD]
