Gulley was ultimately charged with one second degree felony count of prohibited possession of a firearm, a third-degree felony count of hindering prosecution by concealing or destroying evidence, a second-degree misdemeanor count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, and a second-degree misdemeanor count of conspiracy to tamper with or fabricate physical evidence. Powell was arrested and charged with homicide, robbery and aggravated assault, having reportedly confessed to helping organize the robbery.īurkett was apprehended and charged with criminal homicide, robbery and aggravated assault, along with other charges.īurke was later arrested and charged with criminal homicide, robbery and aggravated assault, having reportedly confessed to shooting the two men.īrown was arrested and charged with criminal homicide, robbery, and a slew of other offenses.

By his own admission, Burke shot both Khalil and Walter Durante in their heads. The men proceeded to round up the remaining people in the house. Burke later told police that he also shot Durante during the fight, and that he was spitting up blood, but still alive. A fight ensued with Beinert, and he was shot dead. Burke, Burkett and Brown then entered the home. Powell entered the home and expressed interest in purchasing drugs from Beinert, and supposedly left to retrieve her wallet from her vehicle. Police allege that Gulley hid the gun that Matthew Burke, 21, of East Stroudsburg used to kill the two men and critically injure Durante’s father, Walter.Īccording to police, Burke, along with Deani Powell, 20, of Easton, Zaire Unique Burkett, 20, of Whitehall Township, and Harrith Saleem Brown, 23, with past addresses in Fredericksburg, Virginia, arranged a deal to purchase marijuana from Beinert at his Silver Maple Road home in Chestnuthill Township on Dec. 7, 2019 Chestnuthill Township shooting that led to the death of Khalil Durante, 23, and Dylan Beinert, 22. Gulley was discovered to be in violation of the law during the investigation of the Dec. 12 for failing to register as a sex offender, a third-degree felony violation of Megan’s Law. An alleged accomplice in the recent Chestnuthill Township shootings that claimed two lives has been apprehended again, this time for failing to register as a sex offender in Pennsylvania.Īccording to release from Pennsylvania State Police, Eric Deshawn Gulley, 41, of Allentown was taken into custody by the Allentown Police Department on Feb.

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