Gwinnett gang members found guilty of targeting, murdering DeKalb check cashing store owner

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA – Two men were convicted of murder for targeting a DeKalb County business owner and fatally shooting him when they followed him to his home to rob him.

A Gwinnett County jury on Friday found Daquan Rashad Clarke, 37, and Troy Anthony Hunt, 44, guilty of two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery, and four counts of violation of Georgia’s Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act for the October 2019 shooting death of 55-year-old Sukkee Hong. Hunt was also found guilty of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. They will be sentenced at a later date

“We stand with the family and loved ones of Mr. Sukke Hong and continue to grieve his loss,” District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson said. “We thank the jury for returning a verdict which gives Mr. Hong’s family justice. Violent gang activity is unacceptable in Gwinnett County, and we will always hold those who commit crimes like these accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”

Hunt, Clarke and now-deceased Ian Jabar Longshore identified Hong’s business, TME Check Cashing, as one of several businesses they planned to rob, according to the investigation. The trio, who were identified as members of the “Goodfellas” criminal street gang, decided to ollow Hong and rob him at his home.

On the night of Oct. 4, 2019, the three men and a fourth unidentified MOB member went to Hong’s Sugar Hill home. Hunt and the unidentified man followed Hong into his garage while Longshore and Clarke waited in separate getaway cars. Video surveillance played during trial showed the two men, their faces covered by red bandanas, flee the garage after gunfire was heard. Mobile phone data collected by investigators put Clarke, Longshore, and Hunt in the area of Hong’s home at the time of the shooting. Also, DNA evidence collected from the crime scene matched the defendants. The crew took a bag from Hong’s car containing documents, and they took his cell phone.

During trial, Clarke’s girlfriend, Subriccia S. Moss, 38, testified that she purchased a tracking device for him from the internet. She also admitted to investigators and from the witness stand that she later went into Hong’s store to distract him while Clarke planted the tracker on Hong’s vehicle. Moss also acted as a lookout on the day of the murder, giving Clarke’s crew information on when Hong departed the store. Prior to the trial, Moss pleaded guilty to armed robbery and aggravated assault and was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison and five years on probation, the Gwinnett District Attorney’s Office said. 

Longshore died in the Gwinnett County Detention Center on Sept. 6, 2021, from an overdose of Fentanyl and Xylazine. The fourth assailant still has not been located.

The DA’s Drug and Gangs Task Force Managing Assistant District Attorney Ryan Smith and Assistant District Attorney Lindsey Share prosecuted the case with assistance from DGTF Investigators Doug Loomis and John Wilbanks and Victim Witness Advocate Chinelo Moneke. The Gwinnett County Police Department, the FBI, and Gwinnett County Medical Examiner Dr. Carol Terry were invaluable in helping to prosecute this case.