A man charged with attacking his girlfriend in June now is accused of killing her and another man, two days after he posted bond and was released from a Detroit-area jail. King wasn't the judge who set a $100,000 bond for Jonathan Welch when he was charged in June with assault and other crimes in Detroit. Welch, 23, was released from the Wayne County jail last week and ordered to wear an electronic tether after a bail agency provided 10% of the bond amount, WDIV-TV reported. Zlayiah Frazier, 22, and Robert Bray Jr., 70, were killed at Welch's Harper Woods home on Sunday, police said. Welch's mother was stabbed in the back. Welch is charged with murder, attempted murder, arson and other crimes. There was no immediate comment from his attorney. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support
A man who allegedly told police he mistook his girlfriend for a burglar after shooting her to death has been charged with manslaughter. Bobby Wolfe is being held on $500,000 bail in the shooting death of 23-year-old Chrisheena Lee. Prosecutors asked for a much lower bond of $75,000, but on Tuesday, Judge Joy Thomas decided it was in the best interest of public safety to make it much more difficult for Wolfe to get out of jail. Wolfe's public defender revealed he does not have any prior felony convictions or a documented history of violence. She also said he is unemployed but has two children who depend on him. Chrisheena Lee's family said that Wolfe, a former football player at the University of Arizona, and she have a 2-year-old child together. Fortunately, the child was with another relative at the time of the shooting. (Source: ABC13) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support
Greenwood police have arrested a man in connection to Friday night’s shooting death of a 29-year-old Greenwood woman. Christopher Longshore, 27, of Greenwood, was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He has been booked in the Greenwood County Detention Center pending a bond hearing. Keyiona Watrice Hill, whose address was listed as Bypass 72 Northeast, was found shot to death just after 11 p.m. Friday inside Uptown Grill at 610 Seaboard Ave., the Greenwood County Coroner’s Office reported. The coroner’s office said Hill was shot at least once. An autopsy is scheduled next week. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support
An ex-boyfriend of a young woman searched for her new apartment for more than a week before he found it and went there to kill her, according to her mother, Mahogany Gaddis. She died after she was shot in the head by the man, 44-year-old Michael Brantley. Following the incident, Brantley shot himself in his car near the Syracuse Airport and later died at Upstate Hospital, Fitzpatrick says. The 18-year-old brother of the victim was also shot multiple times in his leg and stomach, according to police. They say he is expected to survive. Michael Brantley had been searching for the victim, who had not shared her new address, for several days before he came to her apartment the mother of the victim, Mahogany Gaddis said. Friends had warned the young woman that Brantley was knocking on doors and showing her photo to people in an attempt to locate her, Gaddis said. Around 11:20 p.m., Brantley showed up at the apartment and killed his ex-girlfriend in front of at least one of her small children, according to Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick. Shortly after the shooting, Brantley was found in his car near Syracuse Hancock International Airport with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Fitzpatrick said. Brantley was the father of Smith’s two children who are 4 years old and 1 year old, Gaddis said. The victim and Brantley met when she was just 16 years old, her mother said. Smith was pregnant with her first child by the time she was 17 years old. Brantley would have been around 40 at the time, Gaddis said. Police still are unsure why the shooting occurred. Anyone with information is asked to call the Syracuse Police Department at (315) 442-5222. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support
Authorities have released the names of a mother and daughter found shot to death last week inside their Burleigh Avenue home in Dayton. The victims were identified Wednesday as 31-year-old Aisha Nelson and 6-year-old Harper Guynn by Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger. Dayton police opened an investigation into their deaths after officers responded shortly before noon June 23 to the house in the 300 block of Burleigh Avenue. A neighbor asked police to check on the occupants’ wellbeing. The suspected shooter was identified by police as Nelson’s boyfriend, who lived in the home for the past one-and-a-half years. He was found deceased in his vehicle in the Hunstville, Alabama, area. He died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Johns said. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support
A man was charged with fatally shooting a 17-year-old girl in South Lawndale.Anthony Heredia, 19, was charged with first degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon, Chicago police said.He was scheduled to appear in bond court Sunday.Heredia allegedly approached Tierra Franklin on a bike and fatally shot her near the parking lot of a business in the 2500 block of South Kolin Avenue July 1, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.Just after 3 p.m., Franklin was struck in the torso by gunfire and went to St. Anthony Hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support
A young Indiana corrections officer who hoped to become a police officer has been killed in a drive-by shooting, authorities said. St. Joseph County correctional officer Rhema Harris was killed around 6 p.m. Sunday “in yet another senseless act of violence,” St. Joseph County Sheriff William Redman said. Harris, 28, was struck her in the chest, Mishawaka police’s detective bureau division chief Dan Gebo told ABC News. The shooter then sped away and has not been identified, Gebo said. The shooting was believed to be a retaliation in a feud, Gebo said, stressing that the corrections officer was not the target and she was just “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support
New details have emerged in a Cordova shooting after officers said Byron Pipkin killed his girlfriend and barricaded himself in a Memphis hotel. The shooting happened Thursday in the 1000 block of Cross Wood Lane. One woman, identified as Marquicha Thomas, was shot and pronounced dead at the hospital. Detectives later found out that Thomas and her boyfriend, Byron Pipkin, got into an argument at their home. Court documents state that one witness saw Pipkin shoot Thomas as she tried to run out of the garage. According to court documents, Pipkin was previously convicted for aggravated assault in 2012. He is now being charged with first-degree murder, convicted felon in possession of a handgun, domestic assault and existing arrest warrants. Pipkin is expected to appear in court on July 5. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support
A fatal shooting at a Subway restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, allegedly over too much mayo in a sandwich, left one employee dead and one critically injured. The incident occurred at around 6:30 in the evening when a disgruntled customer, unhappy with his order, pulled out a handgun and fatally wounded the two employees. The deceased is identified as 26-year-old, Brittany Macon, while the other is identified as 24-year-old Jada Statum. Jada is currently in the hospital and is in a critical condition, as reported by The Atlantic Journal Constitution. It is also reported that at the time of the shooting, Jada’s five-year-old son was also present in the restaurant. The shooter, a 36-year-old resident of Atlanta, was arrested by the City of Atlanta Police Department, as stated by Charles Hampton Jr., Deputy Police Chief. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support
Jackson police have arrested a suspect and an accomplice in connection to a shooting that killed a woman and injured a man. Zverian Brent, 29, was taken into custody Thursday. Police said he is suspected in a Tuesday morning shooting on Fleetwood Drive. Police said Terrencia Jackson, 26, and her boyfriend were laying in bed when shots rang out. Jackson was shot multiple times and succumbed to her injuries. Her boyfriend was taken to a hospital. Police said he was later released from the hospital. After further investigation, detectives determined Vaita Valentine, 28, assisted Brent in evading law enforcement. She was arrested Wednesday around noon and is charged with accessory after the fact to capital murder. Brent was denied bond during an initial court appearance. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support