Longview Man Arrested in May Killing

LONGVIEW — A Longview man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a gas station shooting in which one person died. According to KETK, police say Brenndrick Kesean Lilly, 21, was booked into the Gregg County Jail on a murder charge after he allegedly gunned down Devin Newson, 20, of Lakeport. The shooting occurred at the Food Fast convenience store on South Eastman Road near the Pittman intersection around 2:00 a.m. on May 23. Newson was pronounced dead two hours later. This marked Longview’s fourth homicide of 2016. Lilly was also arrested on warrants for a parole violation and unlawfully carrying a weapon in Morris County. His bond was set at $510,000.

Also arrested for the murder of Newson was Kentrell Jorail Smith, 20, of Longview. He was arrested after police learned Smith was in Dallas. After teaming up with the Dallas Police Department, Smith was arrested and booked into the Dallas County Jail and awaits extradition back to Gregg County. Police also served a a search warrant related to the case at a house on South 14th Street on Tuesday.