Suspect convicted of capital murder in 2018 drive-by of Huntsville toddler

Suspect convicted of capital murder in 2018 drive-by of Huntsville toddler

Olivia Robinson, known affectionately as “Sweet Livie,” was just 3 years old when she was killed in a drive-by shooting on Huntsville’s Murray Road on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. (Photo courtesy of family)

One of three suspects charged in the fatal drive-by shooting of a Huntsville toddler five years ago was convicted Wednesday of capital murder.

After roughly an hour of deliberations, a Madison County jury found Martin Evenes guilty in the death of Livia “Sweet Livie” Robinson, the 3-year-old girl who was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in 2018 that was spurred by a dispute that erupted after a joke was posted to Facebook.

The conviction was not yet input in court records as of early Wednesday evening, but WHNT reported Evenes was found guilty of capital murder charges.

Evenes was one of three suspects charged in the toddler’s slaying. The cases of the others – Dominique Russell and Evenes’ girlfriend at the time, Brittany Kingston – are pending.

Police said Livia wasn’t the target of the shooting that happened at her 615 Murray Road home in north Huntsville in March 2018.

During Evenes’ preliminary hearing, an investigator testified that a friend of the girl’s mother may have been the target. The friend, Ashley Brown, has a child with Evenes. Huntsville police Investigator Frank Rosler testified that a witness told police Evenes was trying to shoot Brown because of an ongoing argument that began with a Facebook post.

Rosler testified that Evenes had jokingly posted on Facebook that his new girlfriend, Kingston, had assaulted him.

At some point, the Facebook post was sent to Brown. An argument began between Brown and Kingston, then escalated to include Evenes, as well as Livia’s mother, Demetrius McComb, the investigator testified. The arguing continued throughout the day and culminated with the drive-by that left Livia dead that night, Rosler told the court.