Convicted killer not guilty to being accessory to murder

A 30-year-old convicted killer serving life without parole for murder was found not guilty Tuesday to being an accessory in another murder case.

Tevin Jamal Anderson began trial Monday in Comanche County District Judge Emmit Tayloe’s court for a count of accessory to first-degree murder for the April 18, 2021, shooting death of Richard E. Anderson, 49, of Lawton.

Zaire Ameri Brown, 19, of Lawton, pleaded guilty to felony counts of first-degree murder — deliberate intent, and possession of a firearm after delinquent adjudication in June 2023, and received 25 years in prison for the murder count and another five years for the gun charge, records indicate.

Brown shot and killed Richard Anderson outside Phillips 66, 1202 Cache Road. According to investigators who viewed the store security video, a verbal argument that began between Tevin and Richard Anderson and another man escalated.

Police said the video shows Brown walking up behind Richard Anderson and shooting him several times in the back and neck.

Following testimony and evidence presentation, Tevin Anderson was found not guilty.

In January 2023, Tevin Anderson was found guilty of the premeditated shooting death of Jennifer Gibson, 47, on the morning of April 18, 2021. He also was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm; Anderson was on probation for a federal weapons charge at the time of the killing.

During his police interviews, Anderson admitted to shooting Gibson to death. He’d told Zair Brown of his intent to kill Gibson, who was his cousin’s girlfriend.

On March 23, 2023, Judge Tayloe sentenced Anderson to serve life in prison without parole for that case.