Patrick Rushing, 35, was convicted of second-degree murder with an enhancement for intentional discharge of a gun in the Feb. 26, 2023 killing of 44-year-old Phoutsamay "Phil" Norawong. The prelude to murder started months earlier, with a seemingly unrelated event: Rushing fronted about four pounds of marijuana to a man named Terrance Rose, 35, with the expectation he'd be paid back later. But Rose subsequently failed a drug test while on probation for a federal fentanyl and gun possession case, and ended up doing a stint in jail for it, court records show.
A murdered Cork criminal claimed he was owed a €300,000 drug debt before he was shot dead at close range at his home. Darren Falsey had told a relative about the money he was owed but never disclosed the identity of the debtor, according to affidavit evidence in a Proceeds of Crime case brought by the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab).
