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A Spartanburg man will spend the rest of his life in prison following a double homicide nearly six years ago, according to the 7th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
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Deandre Lashun Fuller, 28, was sentenced Aug. 14 to four life terms without parole after a jury found him guilty in the 2020 killings of Kelli Curran and Timothy Thompson during a home invasion.
Fuller was convicted of two counts of murder, armed robbery, first-degree burglary and possession of a weapon by a person convicted of a violent crime.
Circuit Court Judge J. Mark Hayes II presided over the trial, which began Aug. 10, and imposed the sentences Aug. 14. Fuller also received a five-year prison sentence for the weapons conviction, according to the release.
The home invasion
On the morning of Oct. 25, 2020, Fuller and another man knocked on the door of the victims’ home on Walden Circle, asking for help with a broke-down car.
Curran and Thompson invited the men inside and while Thompson searched for information on his phone, one of the men pulled out a pistol and shot both victims multiple times, prosecutors said in the release.
A third man was then called into the home, where the men stole firearms and a safe, the release said.
Despite being wounded, Curran called 911 while the attackers were still inside. The call captured one of the men referring to another as “Dubb,” and Curran provided dispatchers with a description of the men, according to the release.
Curran died that morning. Thompson died about two months later from injuries sustained in the shooting, the release said.
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Investigators with the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office identified Fuller, Kenyatta “Dubb” Lebby and Tyleek Rayquaun Johnson as participants in the robbery, according to the release.
An FBI special agent testified that cellphone data showed the three men’s phones traveling together from Greenville to the area of the victims’ home and back to Greenville.
Fuller was arrested in Greenville on Feb. 16, 2021.
Authorities found a distinctive rifle stolen from the victims’ home in a car on the property where Fuller was arrested, the release said. The vehicle also contained items belonging to Johnson.
Investigators said images on Johnson’s cellphone showed Fuller and Johnson possessing the rifle after the robbery.
Fuller had previously been convicted of attempted armed robbery, the release said.
Lebby pleaded guilty in March 2024 and received a 35-year prison sentence. Johnson was convicted at trial in May 2025 and sentenced to 55 years, according to the release.
“This is a horrific case,” Deputy Solicitor Spenser Smith said in the release. “Both Ms. Curran and Mr. Thompson died horrible deaths after being attacked inside their own home while trying to help people.”
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