Saheed Davis lieutenant in the Vice Lords street gang wanted in the Christmas Day 2008 slaying of reputed gang member Zedrick Maurice Warner

man wanted in the Christmas Day 2008 slaying of reputed gang member Zedrick Maurice Warner in Jackson is in custody after a 9 1/2-month manhunt.A tip from a confidential source led U.S. Marshals to 31-year-old Saheed Davis at a hotel in Dallas, where they apprehended him Tuesday morning. Davis will be extradited from Texas.Davis, a lieutenant in the Vice Lords street gang, was among the most wanted fugitives of the U.S. Department of Justice National Gang Targeting, Enforcement & Coordination Center."We made (finding Davis) a priority because of his gang affiliation," U.S. Marshals Deputy Richard Griffin said. "He was found with several thousand dollars in cash, but I have not heard of any weapons being found with him."
Jackson police investigators say Davis shot 39-year-old Warner, who was his girlfriend's brother-in-law, outside a family gathering at a home on Roosevelt Street on Dec. 25.Warner's widow, LaToya Warner, said she, her children and her family watched as Davis gunned down Warner after an argument.Warner was believed to be a member of the Wood Street Players street gang - though his family denies it - and a close friend of the late Jackson Mayor Frank Melton.Warner also was a co-defendant in a high-profile 2006 murder trial in which he was acquitted of killing Carey "Little Man" Bias in 2003.Warner's family said he had turned his life around and was focused on his lawn-care business and being a father to his 15 children."We are amazingly thankful to God that (Davis) was arrested," Warner's sister, Quran Dodd, said. "It is a sense of comfort to our family. It's a sign that good things still can happen after all we've been through."
Attempts to reach Davis' family Tuesday were unsuccessful.LaToya Warner said she had mixed feelings after authorities notified her of Davis' arrest. She said she is grateful for the closure but hurt because of how Davis betrayed her and her sister, who was his girlfriend."I was hoping for the death penalty, but the district attorney has said Hinds County doesn't have money to do those kind of cases. So, I hope he gets a couple of life sentences without parole because you have to think about the intensity of the crime," she said. "He killed an unarmed man in front of his family on Christmas Day. Why should he be free again?"
Warner also was a member of the Vice Lords when he was young but had cut ties, his widow said.
But that affiliation did not factor into the argument or subsequent shooting, LaToya Warner said.
"The argument was about family. It had nothing to do with the streets. It had nothing to do with a gang or drugs."Authorities have not said what sent Davis to Texas. For a couple of months after the shooting, talk swirled that Davis remained in the Jackson area."There was an intense investigation in Jackson. So we know it was too hot for him to stay around here," Griffin said. "We had gotten information that he was with relatives, with friends, living on the street. There were a number of leads we checked out, but it wasn't until just recently that we were able to develop reliable sources who told us where he was."

Christmas Day slaying of Zedrick Maurice Warner a reputed member of the Wood Street Players street gang

sister of a man wanted in the Christmas Day slaying of Zedrick Maurice Warner at a family gathering in Jackson said Tuesday her family fears retaliation.
Police say they believe 31-year-old Saheed Davis shot Warner, 39, who was the brother-in-law of Davis’ girlfriend, multiple times outside a relative’s house on Roosevelt Street Christmas evening. Police had issued an arrest warrant for Davis but had not captured him as of late Tuesday.“The word on the street is (Warner’s associates) are going to kill our father,” said Davis’ sister, Shanna Ratliff. “I don’t know why. He had nothing to do with it.”Warner’s widow, LaToya Warner, said she, her children and her family watched Christmas night as Davis gunned down her husband. She said the two had gotten into an argument.“Instead of Saheed handling the situation like a man, he reverted to being a coward,” she told The Clarion-Ledger the day after Warner’s death. “He killed him stone cold.”Ratliff said there has been an ongoing feud between Warner and her brother, though she doesn’t know what started it. Ratliff also said she spoke to her brother the night of the fatal shooting.“Saheed told me Maurice came up into the house and slapped him. He slapped my brother in front of the family,” she said. “I feel for (Warner’s) family, but I don’t think his wife should be calling my brother a coward. To me, he handled the situation like he was supposed to handle it. He handled it like a man. Knowing Maurice’s background, it was kill or be killed.”Warner was a reputed member of the Wood Street Players street gang -though his family denies it - and was a co-defendant in a high-profile 2006 murder trial in which he was accused of killing Carey “Little Man” Bias in 2003. Warner and his fellow defendants - Vidal Sullivan and Anthony Staffney - were acquitted after a key witness changed his testimony. LaToya Warner said she and her husband had moved past that “trying time.”Warner also was a protege of Mayor Frank Melton, who said he first met Warner when Warner was a teenager.During a news conference Tuesday on crime in Jackson, the mayor referred to Warner’s homicide. He said Warner had sold drugs but that he didn’t believe Warner had been dealing in recent years.Warner was never charged in Hinds County with a drug offense.“Hell, no. He was not a drug dealer. He worked,” Marlon Warner, who works in the mayor’s office, said of his brother. “He had his lawn-care business and he did side jobs. He always made sure he made money to take care of his kids.”
Melton also said he is leaning on Jackson police to arrest Davis.“I not only want him, I want the person who is harboring him,” Melton said.The mayor would not say who he thought was shielding Davis from arrest.Deputy Chief Gerald Jones said investigators did not know whether someone is hiding Davis or whether he is moving around the area to avoid capture.The Police Department has requested assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service, Jones said.