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Alleged gang member indicted for 2017 Newport News murder

Authorities say Dawhan Terrell Archible shot and killed Luke Dudley in 2017. Archible is allegedly a member of the Nine Trey Bloods Gang.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A federal grand jury has indicted an alleged member of the Bloods gang with a murder that happened three years ago.

21-year-old Luke Dudley was shot and killed inside a Newport News rooming house in January of 2017. A tenant found Dudley's front door kicked in and police went inside to find Dudley suffering from several gunshot wounds. He died at the scene.

FROM 2017: Man found shot to death inside Newport News rooming house

According to the indictment, 26-year-old Dawhan Terrell Archible and two unnamed co-conspirators killed Dudley after learning he had cheated Archible during a previous drug transaction.

Archible is charged with use of a firearm resulting in death, conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, attempt to interfere with commerce by robbery, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and distribution of cocaine.

If convicted, Archible could face up to life in prison.

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