Two women have been charged in the murder of a Dollar General employee who was gunned down while going on a bank run in north Houston back in December.
Kaila Alexine Nelson has been charged with capital murder and Dinesha Renee Jackson has been charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Dequan Donte Anderson on Dec. 17.
Investigators say Jackson was an assistant manager at the store. She’s accused of conspiring with Nelson to rob Anderson.
Officials say Anderson got into his car at the Dollar General on 525 Crosstimbers, and was on his way to drop a money bag when Nelson came up to him.
She allegedly opened Anderson’s car door and tried to take the money bag.
When that didn’t work, authorities say she pulled out a gun and fired into Anderson’s car, hitting him multiple times.
Anderson tried to drive away but ended up crashing his car into a median.
Officials say that’s when Nelson smashed a window of his car and took the money.
Anderson was taken to Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, where he died.
Authorities tell local reporters, Nelson, who is from Georgia, and Jackson had a mutual friend and that’s what brought her to Texas for a visit.
Jackson and Nelson allegedly concocted the plan during that time.
Following the robbery, officials say Nelson left in a ride she ordered through Craigslist, went to the bus station and headed back to Atlanta.
Investigators tell us they tracked Nelson down through her ride’s plates. She allegedly told the driver she was going to Atlanta.
Nelson was later arrested on Feb. 7 in Marietta, about 30 minutes north of Atlanta. Investigators say she confessed to her role in the crime.
Jackson was arrested in Houston on Wednesday. Police say she also confessed.
