SOLICITOR CHRISSY ADAMS ANNOUNCES SENTENCE IN STATE V. MACKEY

MACKEY SENTENCED TO 45 YEARS
FOR MURDER

February 8, 2011
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(Anderson, SC). Johnny Lee Mackey pled guilty today to Murder in Anderson General Sessions Court. The Honorable Cordell Maddox sentenced him to 45 years in prison.

On 5/16/09, Waliyyudden Dawson went to the defendant’s home on River Oaks Drive in Anderson. Two of Dawson’s children, ages 12 and 9, were in the vehicle with him. When they pulled into the driveway, Mackey came out of the house with a gun. The victim told Mackey that his kids were with him. Mackey said, “I don’t care, I don’t care,” and began firing. Waliyyudden Dawson was shot in the thigh, back, and head. He died at the scene.