Appellant Nashon Nikia Anderson appeals from his convictions for murder and related offenses in connection with the fatal shooting of victim John Dean in the parking lot of a nightclub in September 2002. Finding no error, we affirm.1 Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence reflects that on the evening of the crimes, appellant and a group of his friends attended a concert at a nightclub in Statesboro adjacent to the campus of Georgia Southern University. Having exited the nightclub after the concert, appellant and his friends began fighting with two men, one of whom was victim John Dean, whom appellant believed had been involved in a drive-by shooting at appellant’s apartment the previous Halloween. Dean, attempting to escape the fighting, got into the passenger seat of his friend’s car, whereupon appellant shot him multiple times with a 9 millimeter semi-automatic pistol. Dean died at the scene from two fatal gunshots to the chest. Appellant was arrested the next morning at a nearby motel with the murder weapon still in his possession.
At trial, multiple eyewitnesses testified that appellant was the shooter. In addition, appellant himself testified, admitting that he had shot Dean but claiming to have done so in self-defense, believing that Dean was reaching for a gun under the seat of the car. However, no gun was recovered from the scene, and one eyewitness testified that Dean had his hands up just before the shots were fired.
