LANSING, MI — For killing a popular music producer in his Lansing recording studio, a Saginaw parolee is to spend the rest of his days imprisoned. Representing himself at trial likely didn’t help his odds in avoiding a conviction. Ingham County Circuit Judge James Jamo on June 3 sentenced Anthony A.
“Big A” Anderson Jr., 29, to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The judge sentenced Anderson to a consecutive term of 10 years, and concurrent stretches of 27 to 60 years and 6.
3 to 20 years. This is on top of the balance Anderson must serve on the charge he was originally paroled on. A jury in April found Anderson guilty of first-degree premeditated murder, assault with intent to murder, felon in possession of a firearm, and felony firearm.
The convictions stemmed from the killing of 40-year-old Lansing-based producer Curshawn L. Terrell, known as Kaz Drumatik and LaKaz, and the wounding of a 29-year-old recording engineer on New Year’s Eve 2022. About 3:05 p.
m. on Dec. 31, 2022, police responded to a reported shooting at 51 Sessions Recording Studio , 2722 E.
Michigan Ave. in Lansing. They found Terrell and the other man suffering from gunshot wounds.
The wounded man testified in Anderson’s trial that Anderson shot him and Terrell with a 9mm handgun without provocation. He added Anderson was acting bothered and paranoid just before the shooting. Investigators quickly developed Anderson as a suspect.
They also learned he had 14 felony convictions relate.