Terrance Walker asked Vape store owner Abdallah “Jordan” Rubeha if he wanted to die before shooting him point blank in the head a year ago.
Less than a year later, the shooter from Keysville and his two accomplices pleaded guilty to murder and began serving life sentences behind bars.
Terry McClennon, 20, of Waynesboro, was driving Walker’s car as the getaway driver for this armed robbery of the Augusta Smoke Shop on Lumpkin Road on Jan. 10, 2025, according to District Attorney Jared Williams.
Antwan Herndon, 23, of Waynesboro, and Walker went into the store to do the robbery. Terrance Walker pulled the gun and asked, “Do you want to die tonight?”
He demanded everything out of the register. The victim, a storeowner who put his life savings into the vape shop, replied, “You’ll have to shoot me.”
“When he sees the victim is not backing down, the coward Terrance Walker shoots the unarmed victim in the face,” the district attorney said. “Herndon goes over the counter and steals the money while Terrance Walker goes back to the getaway car.”
After the shooting, McClennon went to the store and yelled at Herndon to hurry up so they can get away.
“You can see in video McClennon attempting to keep his prints off the door handle as he tries to get Herndon to finish grabbing the money and get back in the car,” Williams said.
Walker was found in the same vehicle with his co-defendants a short time later when they were stopped in Burke County. They got blue lighted and fled, and Walker was found near the vehicle while McClennon and Herndon both got away. They were subsequently found after Herndon turned himself in and McClennon was apprehended from the apartment where he’d been hiding from the law.
In December, the three men pleaded guilty to murder and stood before Superior Court Judge Amanda Heath, according to District Attorney Jared Williams.
Walker received life in prison plus 10 years confinement, followed by 15 years on probation. McClennon was sentenced to life in prison followed by 5 years probation. Herndon was sentenced to life in prison.
The district attorney said the outcome was the result of extensive investigative and prosecutorial work by the office’s Violent Crimes Unit, with litigation led by Assistant District Attorneys Rebecca Kelley and Rex Myers.
“These cowards took an innocent life, and it cost each of them their own,” Williams said. “Their quest for easy money got them nothing but hard time.”
Rubeha’s death deeply affected the Augusta community, particularly those who knew him as a hardworking small business owner pursuing his livelihood. Prosecutors emphasized that while the sentences cannot restore what was taken, they ensure accountability for the actions that led to his death.
date: 2026-02-08 23:50:00