Quincy Allen

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Quincy Allen
Born
Quincy Jovan Allen

(1979-11-07) November 7, 1979 (age 44)
Other names"Weird Man"
"Serial Killer"
Conviction(s) South Carolina
Murder (2 counts)
North Carolina
First degree murder (2 counts)
Criminal penaltySouth Carolina
Death; commuted to life imprisonment
North Carolina
Life without parole
Details
Victims4
Span of crimes
July August 2002
CountryUnited States
State(s) South Carolina and North Carolina
Date apprehended
August 14, 2002
Imprisoned at Broad River Correctional Institution

Quincy Jovan Allen (born November 7, 1979) [1] is an American serial killer who killed four people between July and August in a crime spree in 2002. [2] He was sentenced to death for his crimes in South Carolina, but his sentence was commuted in 2024. [3]

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Crimes

Allen was inspired to begin his crime spree during his time in federal prison for stealing a vehicle. While incarcerated, a fellow inmate told him that he could get him a job as a Mafia hitman. [3] [4] When he was released, Allen decided to buy a shotgun and begin practicing for his promised career.

Timeline of events

Death row stabbing

On the morning of December 2, 2009, Allen, along with fellow death row inmate Mikal Deen Mahdi (born March 20, 1983), [1] a Lawrenceville, Virginia man on death row from the 2004 murder of Orangeburg Department of Public Safety Captain James Myers, 56, in Calhoun County, South Carolina [5] , planned to attack and kill a correctional officer while in the Lieber Correctional Institution. After making shivs using metal they stripped from air ducts, the duo asked the correctional officer Nathan Sasser if they could go visit the basketball court. After escorting them there, they attacked Sasser, stabbing him multiple times. [2] He managed to resist and fought them off despite his heavy injuries. [3] [6]

Allen and Mahdi then attempted to jump the fence, but after they were unable to escape, they began tearing up the common area. Even after the guards used tear gas on them, they still refused to back down, eventually, rubber bullets were used to subdue the pair. [7]

Following this incident, both were stripped of their privileges (outside recreation, visitation, phone use, and canteen items) and in 2017, both were transferred along with all other South Carolina death row inmates to the Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia. Sasser was later let go from his post, as he had developed PTSD and had begun suffering from anxiety attacks. All assault charges from him were later dropped by the prosecutors, who said that there was no point, as both prisoners were already sentenced to death. [7]

On August 30, 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court announced Mahdi is scheduled to be executed in 2025 for his involvement in the Myers murder. [8]

Trials

After pleading guilty to the killings, Allen was sentenced to death and scheduled to be executed on January 8, 2010. [2] [9] However, a stay of execution was filed by his attorneys hours after the verdict was announced, with the South Carolina Supreme Court accepting the motion. [10] A new date was not announced and Allen's death sentence was overturned by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on July 26, 2022. On July 23, 2024, Allen accepted a plea deal in which his sentence would be reduced to life imprisonment in exchange for him waiving all rights to appeal the sentence. [11]

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