Capital Murder charges filed against two men in weekend robbery/murder

District Attorney Jimmy Harp

Etowah County prosecutors filed capital murder charges Tuesday morning against the two Gadsden men accused of a deadly shooting Sunday morning. District attorney Jimmie Harp said 19 year-old Tyree Desean Young and 21-year-old Dexter Jerome Harris shot William Meadows during a robbery Sunday morning at his girlfriends apartment.  Harp said it  was a calculated murder saying he thinks they went [to the home] for several reasons. One to rob this individual of his money and his weapon, thinking that maybe the robbery of this guy might raise their ranks in the streets, so to speak.  The robbers took a large sum of money, as well as Meadows' gun.  Harp said the suspects also tried to shoot Meadows' girlfriend before they left, but the gun malfunctioned.  Harp said that From what he understands, they had planned the crime for a couple of days. The woman recognized one of the intruders and identified him to police.  Harp praised her "courage" in coming forward and cooperating with the investigation.  Officers found Young and Harris at a home on Florence Avenue, less than one mile from the College Manor Apartments where the shooting took place.