Keith Renard Richmond, a 33-year-old from Inglewood, California, pleaded guilty in February 2025 to two counts of murder in the Rangeline Road double homicide and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2021 killings of two Mississippi men in Mobile, Alabama. He entered the plea on the morning his trial was set to begin.1NBC 15 (WPMI). Guilty Verdict in I-10 Double Homicide
What Richmond Pleaded Guilty To
Shortly after 3 a.m. on November 21, 2021, Dwan Williams Jr., 23, and Andre Carter, 36, were found dead of gunshot wounds inside an SUV on Rangeline Road in Mobile, near Interstate 10. Both men were Mississippi residents driving home from a nightclub in nearby Prichard.2FOX10 News. California Men Indicted on Double Murder Charges Stemming From Prichard Club Dispute Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine said gunmen “shot up the vehicle” after a dispute at the club.3CBS 42. Mobile Police Make Arrest in Double Homicide Case
Surveillance video showed the SUV making a U-turn on Rangeline Road just south of I-10 before stopping in the northbound lanes. Three people were then seen leaving the vehicle on foot.4FOX10 News. Mobile Jury Convicts Man in Double Homicide Williams’ family said he was an aspiring rapper, and they believed his music career may have factored into the confrontation at the club.2FOX10 News. California Men Indicted on Double Murder Charges Stemming From Prichard Club Dispute
A Mobile County grand jury indicted Richmond and a co-defendant, Ardis Perez, on charges of double murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle.2FOX10 News. California Men Indicted on Double Murder Charges Stemming From Prichard Club Dispute
The Plea Deal and 20-Year Sentence
Richmond had been scheduled to stand trial right after Perez. On the morning of February 13, 2025, he changed course and pleaded guilty to both murder counts. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison the same day.1NBC 15 (WPMI). Guilty Verdict in I-10 Double Homicide
Why His Co-Defendant Got Life
Perez took his case to trial. That same day, February 13, 2025, a Mobile County jury convicted him of two counts of murder for firing into the vehicle carrying Williams and Carter.1NBC 15 (WPMI). Guilty Verdict in I-10 Double Homicide Later in 2025, Mobile County Judge Jay York sentenced Perez to two concurrent life sentences, rejecting the District Attorney’s request for consecutive terms. Perez will serve one life term rather than two stacked end to end.5FOX10 News. California Man Given Two Life Sentences for Double Homicide in Mobile
The gap between Richmond’s 20 years and Perez’s life sentence reflects the different routes the two cases took. Richmond accepted a negotiated plea; Perez was convicted at trial.