Mobile defendants sentenced to life in prison for murder-for-hire conspiracy
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John Fitzgerald McCarroll Jr., 31, Darrius Dwayne Rowser, 21, and Lyteria Isheeia Hollis, 31, each of Mobile, have been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of a murder-for-hire conspiracy in October 2024, according to a press release from the Southern District of Alabama's United States Attorney's Office.
The release stated court documents and evidence presented during the three-week trial showed a coordinated effort to commit a revenge killing against a specific target.
'As part of the murder plot, McCarroll hired several shooters who attempted but failed to killthe intended target of the plot during multiple nightclub shootings,' the release stated.
According to testimony, McCarroll gave a gun to Reginald Fluker, who fired into the Bank Nightlife club in Mobile. Investigators reported that Fluker shot the wrong person, who later died.
Hollis allegedly paid Fluker before and after the failed Bank Nightlife shooting. Fluker pleaded guilty to conspiracy and will serve 30 years in prison.
In November 2022, investigators said McCarroll provided Rowser with an illegal machine gun to shoot the target inside the Paparazzi Lounge in downtown Mobile.
Rowser missed the intended target but hit four other people, paralyzing one of the victims.
Just two months before, investigators said McCarroll told Rowser to go to Mississippi to steal a car that they would use in the murder plot.
Prosecutors said Rowser shot and killed a victim during the carjacking in D'Iberville.
Rowser and his accomplice, Karmelo Derks, then traveled back to Mobile to burn the stolen vehicle.
Derks pleaded guilty to interstate transportation of a stolen car and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Prosecutors said that McCarroll instructed Rowser, Derks, and 21-year-old Jimaurice Pierce in December 2022 to go to the Walmart off I-65 Service Road South in Mobile.
They were told to purchase a GPS tracker that would eventually be put on the target's vehicle.
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Both Rowser and Pierce brought into the Walmart modified machine guns and fired into the self-checkout area, resulting in hurting two victims.
Pierce pleaded guilty to the murder-for-the-hire conspiracy, but he has not yet been sentenced.
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