Second Tyler man convicted for 2020 murder enters plea deal

TYLER – A Tyler man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a 2020 murder on Tuesday after entering a plea deal. According to our news partner KETK, Kevondus Brantley, 23, is the second of four co-defendants to be convicted of murder after a shooting on Vance Street in Tyler. Kobe Warthsaw, 19, was found guilty of murder by a jury in May after a three-day trial and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. The remaining co-defendants are both scheduled on plea dockets for later this year. The four were arrested and charged with murder in 2020 after a shooting that killed 21-year-old Draveon McCullough. According to officers, McCullough knocked on Warthsaw’s door and a fight began. During the struggle, McCullough was shot and killed. Officers reported finding “a substantial amount of narcotics at the scene.”