The incident occurred when, Carter arrived to his apartment, where his wife and stepdaughter also were at the time. The “longtime friends” got into an argument over money that Parker borrowed from Carter “a few weeks earlier,” Parker’s stepdaughter began recording the altercation on her phone after she “heard yelling.”
Carter was found guilty in DeKalb County Superior Court on Monday and sentenced to life plus five years by Judge Tangela Barrie, according to the Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday.
Carter, 65, had been charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
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According to the release, Parker’s wife saw Carter pull out “a small black handgun” and then heard a gunshot. Carter tried to claim self-defense, but in the recording captured by Parker’s stepdaughter, Parker can be seen “backing away from Carter before he opened fire,” per the release.
Parker’s wife performed CPR on her husband before paramedics arrived but he did not survive the gunshot wound.
