Sherman Adams was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole. Adams was tried three times for allegedly killing two men during a shooting outside a crowded nightclub early on the morning of September 13, 1999. The first two trials resulted in hung juries. At his third trial, the eyewitness described the two shooters in a way that excluded Adams: one wore a multi-colored Coogi sweater and the other a white t-shirt. Adams wore dark clothes on the evening of the shooting.