4 of the suspects were indicted on first-degree murder
The six suspects charged with various roles in the killing of two Philadelphia men in Trenton earlier this year have been indicted by a Mercer County grand jury.
In January, police found the bodies of Jerard Perdomo Santana, 25, and Ivan Rodrigues, 19, shot dead in a car in Trenton’s Chambersburg neighborhood. A third man was wounded in the shooting.
Authorities have said the two men were planning on selling a narcotic pill to a person, but investigators have not said exactly why they were killed.
Jerard Perdomo Santana (left) and Ivan Rodriguez on a recent Facebook live video. Lakeisha Hill, 29, Shaquille McNeil, 24, Tashawn Santiago, 25, Cecil Blake, 31, were each indicted on two counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree attempted murder, and numerous weapons offenses.
They had initially been charged as accomplices to murder. All four remain incarcerated.
Felicita Gee, 43, Fantasia Gee, 24, as well as Hill and Santiago, were indicted on one count of third-degree hindering apprehension for giving false information to law enforcement officers.
Surveillance footage from the area, obtained by homicide investigators and described in an NJ Advance Media story, showed Santiago getting into a black Chevrolet Impala owned by Felicita Gee on the 100 block of Cummings Avenue, court documents show
Nearby, two men — Blake, who was wearing a wool hat, and McNeil, who had on a ski mask — exited another car, a white Lexus driven by Hill and climbed into the black Impala, documents show.
Footage shows, they parked across the street and approached Santana and Rodriguez, who were sitting in a black Ford Taurus.
Moments later they were executed, shot in their heads and necks.
“During this interaction, at least one of the suspects (Santiago, McNeil, Blake) entered the back seat of the black Ford Taurus and fatally shot both Jerard Perdomo Santana and Ivan Rodriguez from within,” a probable cause affidavit in the case reads.
A 25-year-old man who intended to buy the pill from Santana was in a green Ford Taurus behind them, and was shot at when he accelerated away from the gunmen.
The three gunmen ran back to the black Impala and sped off, footage shows. At Morris Avenue and Washington Street, they ditched two handguns.
Footage at Liberty Avenue and Chambers Street shows the black Impala blowing through a red light.
Investigators haven’t seen the car since.
During questioning, Felicita Gee, who owned the black Impala, told investigators conflicting stories about the car. Her daughter, Fantasia Gee was dating McNeil at the time of the murder.
Investigators found texts from Fantasia Gee about the killings in the days following and texts between Fantasia Gee and Felicita Gee the day of the shooting.
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