![]() He told Angelina he was going to start killing witnesses. That now left only BJ to tie him to the drive-by shooting. So police and witnesses said Peeler threw a jean jacket over his head and went into the barbershop and shot Snead dead. When the shooting only aggravated Snead, further resulting in him going to police and BJ being interviewed as a witness, Peeler found himself in a worse situation with his own subordinates. Under pressure, he took matters into his own hands.Īccording to trial testimony, it was Peeler who fired at Snead on the I-95 ramp while Snead was driving with his 7-year-old son, Tyree, and 7-year-old BJ Brown in the back seat of the car. His fallout with Snead, and Snead's blatant disrespect, was embarrassing him in front of his troops. ![]() Instead, he used the money to seed his own drug ring.īut despite his business acumen, Peeler was not much for employee relations. On her deathbed she called her two sons to her side and asked them to promise to use her life insurance money to further their college education. In early December 1993, Sheila Peeler was dying of stomach cancer. In the late 1980s, Peeler began an alliance with the Bush Mob, one of the most feared drug gangs in the city, cementing his bond with them by taking as his girlfriend the daughter of one of the gang's leaders, Angelina Keene Bush. But Peeler was more interested in breaking the law. Though a borderline student academically, Peeler graduated, and at the urging of his mother, enrolled at Bridgeport's Housatonic Community College in the criminal justice program. In later interviews, his teachers and administrators there said they were not surprised how Peeler turned out, recalling him to be a troublemaker who instigated disturbances with other students. Ned Gerard Show More Show Lessīut once he got to Central High School, something changed. ![]() Peeler is on trial for the 1998 shooting death of TyreeâÄôs father, Rudolph Snead Jr., and has already been convicted and sentenced to death for ordering the murder of Karen Clarke and her eight-year-old son, Leroy "B.J." Brown Jr. in Bridgeport Superior Court, in Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. Ned Gerard Show More Show Less 53 of59 Tyree Snead appears as a witness on the first day of the murder trial for Russell Peeler Jr. Autumn Driscoll Show More Show Lessĥ1 of59 52 of59 A video screen displays a photograph of Leroy âÄúB.J.âÄù Brown Jr., presented as evidence on the first day of the murder trial for Russell Peeler Jr. and has already been convicted and sentenced to death for ordering the murder of Karen Clarke and her eight-year-old son, Leroy "B.J." Brown Jr., in their Bridgeport, Conn. Peeler is on trial for the 1998 shooting death of Rudolph Snead Jr. 6, 2013 in Bridgeport Superior Court in Bridgeport, Conn. Autumn Driscoll Show More Show Less 41 of59 Defense attorney Robert Sullivan listens to objections from State's Attorney Joseph Corradino during the murder trial of Russell Peeler Jr. Autumn Driscoll Show More Show Lessģ9 of59 40 of59 State's Attorney Joseph Corradino asks witness Richard Herlihy, a former Bridgeport detective, to identify pieces of evidence during the murder trial of Russell Peeler Jr. 7, 2013 in Bridgeport Superior Court in Bridgeport, Conn. Autumn Driscoll Show More Show Less 20 of59 Defense attorney Robert Sullivan and Senior Assistant State's Attorney Joseph Corradino speak with Judge John Kavanewsky during the murder trial of Russell Peeler Jr. 18 of59 19 of59 Russell Peeler Jr.'s long-time girlfriend Angelina Keene testifies during his murder trial Wednesday, Aug.
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