CHARLOTTE ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — Two men have been sentenced for possession of a firearm by a felon from a 2022 shootout in Steele Creek that killed an innocent man, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.
Everette Josiah Phifer, 30, and Marcus Alexander Allen, 29, were both sentenced to seven years in prison. Phifer will serve three years of supervised release following his sentence, and Allen will also serve a supervised release but the length wasn’t specified.
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Court documents show Phifer was convicted in 2016 of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and served a prison sentence. As a result, he is prohibited from possessing firearms.
Six years later, between Feb. 7, 2022, and March 5, 2022, Phifer illegally possessed a firearm. Specifically, on March 5, 2022, officers responded to a shootout near the 10000 block of Hilgrove Lane in the Steele Creek area.
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When Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers arrived, they found at least 79 shots had been fired in the area from several guns…