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Dave Starr
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FLINT, Michigan — A 28-year-old man was found by relatives shot multiple times around 12:30 a.m. today. He was later pronounced dead, according to a press release.
Police were called to a home on Winona near Welch to check the welfare of the victim. When police arrived, they learned the victim, Samuel E. Gardner, had already been taken to the hospital by relatives.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. Police did not release any suspect information.
There are four homicides on the year, and three since Saturday.
Anyone with information is asked to call Flint Police Sgt. Alvin Bradford at 810-237-6935 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-422-JAIL.
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MargoChanning
MargoChanning January 17, 2012 at 9:24AM
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"A 28-year-old man was found shot by relatives around 12:30 a.m..."
The relatives shot him?
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MargoChanning
MargoChanning January 17, 2012 at 9:52AM
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thx David
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RedRidingHood2012
RedRidingHood January 17, 2012 at 10:09AM
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My first comment wouldn't go thru probably because I disclosed ethinticity. But what I can tell you is that a woman went home and found her front door shot up and inside found the victim shot. They did not wait for police, they took him in their own car to the hospital and he was later pronounced dead.
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| That is close to me and I heard gunshots that sounded like cannons shortly before 10 pm. I quickly turned the light off in the room I was in. I remember the shots came just before Castle came on. |
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Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:11 am |
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| Webs, have you notified the officer(s)? Might be helpful to establish timeline! |
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Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:06 pm |
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Two bodies with gunshot wounds found near burning car overnight in Flint
Published: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 7:23 AM Updated: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 7:38 AM
By David Harris | Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan -- Firefighters found two bodies near a burning car around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on Raskob near Ballenger Highway, according to a city fire battalion chief.
While putting out a fire they found a man and a woman shot to death up against a fence a few feet away, said Battalion Chief Darren Clemons.
Police were called to the scene and are investigating. |
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:42 am |
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untanglingwebs
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COULD THE NEW MURDER RATE BE 5 IN 17 DAYS?
Flint police call Friday death of 38-year-old woman suspicious
Published: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 8:38 AM Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 8:38 AM
By David Harris | Flint Journal
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FLINT, Michigan — Police are calling the death of a 38-year-old woman around 8:30 a.m. Friday outside a home on Van Buskirk Street suspicious.
Police say the woman, Shane D. Bartels, was found outside the home. The original call was a suicide, police said.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. There were no gunshot or stab wounds, police said
Results from an autopsy should come in today, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Flint Police Sgt. Brett Small at 810-237-6917 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-422-JAIL.
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:20 am |
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untanglingwebs
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After two more fatal shootings, Flint emergency manager says he welcomes more state help with crime
Published: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 8:50 AM Updated: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 9:31 AM
By Ron Fonger | Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan -- Just hours after two people were found shot to death late Wednesday, Emergency Manager Michael Brown said he's ready for more crime-fighting help from the state.
"We're definitely open to more involvement and assistance," Brown said this morning."The (Michigan) State Police has been helpful to the city of Flint so far ... There's ongoing discussions. We are putting some (additional) plans together."
During his State of the State address Wednesday, Gov. Rick Snyder said he wants to work on improving the crime rate in Michigan cities, including Flint, in 2012.
Less than three weeks into 2012, six people have been victims of homicide in Flint, including two on Saturday, one on Tuesday, and two Wednesday.
Brown said this morning that he had not yet been briefed on the discovery of two bodies found near a burning car at about 11:40 p.m. Wednesday on Raskob Street near Ballenger Highway.
Firefighters, responding to the fire call, said they found a man and a woman shot to death up against a fence a few feet away from the blaze.
Police said in a news release this morning the identities of the two bodies are unknown. Anyone with information regarding the incident can call Sgt. Cynthia Herfert at 810-237-6944. |
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:44 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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Flint sees rush of homicides to start 2012 after slow end to last year
Published: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 2:34 PM Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 7:54 PM
By David Harris | Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan — City officials hoped anti-crime measures were working when the city’s homicide rate slowed, with only four deaths in the last two months of 2011.
But a little over two weeks into 2012, four people have been victims of homicide in the city, including two on Saturday and another on Tuesday.
Emergency Manager Michael Brown last week submitted a plan to the state that calls for hiring more police officers and reopening the city jail. The plan does not detail how the proposals would be funded.
The report was made public on Tuesday, about 17 hours after Samuel E. Garner, 28, was found shot multiple times at a home on Winona Street near Welch Boulevard.
Two people also died Saturday in separate shootings.
Dalaun Morgan, 15, died after he was shot in the head in an abandoned home around 11:30 a.m. by a 16-year-old boy who police said was playing with a gun that went off.
Around 6 p.m., Aaron LaCour, 19, was shot and killed while driving on Grand Traverse near Third Street.
Charges are pending against the 16-year-old in Morgan’s death, and there have been no arrests in LaCour’s case.
"It's a matter for serious concern, there's no question about that," said Brown of the recent violence.
Officials touted partnerships, such as the increased state police patrols, which doubled the number of troopers in the city from 10 to 20 last spring, and a U.S. Attorney program handing out stiffer penalties to felons caught with guns, as a way to reduce crime.
Police Chief Alvern Lock said the latest homicides would have been hard to prevent no matter how many officers were on the street or how many partnerships between law enforcement agencies
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Three of the homicides occurred in homes, where it’s hard to intervene, Lock said.
“It’s a societal issue,” Lock said. “We as a community need to find better ways to resolve our differences.”
Mayor Dayne Walling said there are too many guns on the street.
“Every gunshot fired in our neighborhood puts lives at risk and the tragic consequence is lives are lost,” he said. “The common factor in each homicide is guns.”
Staffing levels at the Flint Police Department have been a concern ever since 66 police officers were laid off in 2010.
Brown said the number of police officers in the city “is not at the level we think it should be.” He didn’t have an ideal number of officers, but said he could consult with Lock.
The city jail has long been touted by city officials as a way to combat crime, but has been mostly closed since 1987, except for brief stints from 1999 to 2001 and 2007 to 2008. City voters rejected a proposal to fund the jail through a 2-mill tax increase last May
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Walling said there needs to be a review of the county’s criminal justice system and find ways to get the city jail reopened.
Brown said Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell and Prosecutor David Leyton need to be on board with plans to reopen the jail.
Abdul-Aleem Gray, 42, who lives down the street from the home where Garner was found, said the violence has more to do with the closure of schools and the lack of jobs.
"I'm tired of all this happening," said Gray, who came home early Tuesday to find police and crime tape on his street. "This neighborhood wasn't always like this. But we closed schools and there are no jobs. Once we get more education and jobs, this type of stuff won't happen." |
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untanglingwebs
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Select Comments from M-Live:
Mayor Dayne Walling said there are too many guns on the street.
“Every gunshot fired in our neighborhood puts lives at risk and the tragic consequence is lives are lost,” he said. “The common factor in each homicide is guns.”
WoW, Dayne.. what an observation! Did you think of that on your own?
kelsey January 18, 2012 at 3:07PM
Alvern Lock plays into the hands of conservatives who want to write off Flint when he says more police would not help. More police would not help the rate of homicides which occur in private dwellings, but they would help the home invasion rate, and the rampant atmosphere of lawlessness that allows young thugs to walk around neighborhoods with impunity and fire weapons randomly. Look at the Flint Police Operations website and see how much gunfire goes on with nothing done about it. This does not happen in other cities. I heard a kindergartner say "I ain't afraid of the po-po!" Now where did he get that? From his elders--who know that the Flint police are outmanned and outgunned and have a chief who expresses nothing but the helplessness of the situation.
chevy1959 January 18, 2012 at 3:39PM
Does Mr. Brown have some sort of magical, secretive process by which he requests help from the state for more police? Did he have some sort of top secret address to which to send these requests? Why couldn't Walling do that on his own before the state take over? Oh, I forgot. It's because he was too busy trying to bring business to the Flint area. seriously, how is this guy even a mayor? He's not even fit to run a fast food restaurant.
BillyLove January 18, 2012 at 4:43PM
And let's not forget that the voters of Flint continue to re-elect the current city council and mayor. Vote in the clowns, you get clowns.
(NOTE: PICKELL HAS VOICED DISAPPROVAL OVER THE OPENING OF THE CITY JAIL OUT OF FEARS IT WOULD ADD TO HIS JAIL POPULATION)
misty4flint January 18, 2012 at 8:52PM
why wouldn't david leyton and pickell be on board with opening the jails? what does the emergency manager suspect about the prosecutor and the sherrif? does he think they are lazy or not wanting to do their jobs or allocate money from their own departments....obviously he is wary that they may not be on board? Why is that?
RedRidingHood January 19, 2012 at 12:17AM
“It’s a societal issue,” Lock said. “We as a community need to find better ways to resolve our differences.”
It's not a "societal" problem, it's a cultural problem. The same problem is evident in cities where the same large culture exist (i.e. Detroit, St. Louis).
The Poverty rate in the U.S. is the same for all races. There’s no reasonable explanation for the saturation of crime in one culture.
There should be “Zero Tolerance” rule applied instead of pushing it off on society to deal with. We’re never going to get anywhere if we let them keep blaming society while hitting us on the head and stealing our wallets. Society has bent over backwards to accommodate this particular culture and every time you turn around they have another problem, like the Confederate Flag.
Lock forgets that the “community” in Flint is more than just one culture and it’s their human right to be protected against this type of hostility. |
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:08 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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The 5th murder in 8 days was reported about 8:30 pm on Flint Police operations- a woman shot in the neck in the 4200 block of Winona,
Check out flint Police Operations for the scanner traffic on a police foot chase on Raskob near ballenger in which shots are fired at an officer. |
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Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:37 pm |
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| 7 homicides since Jan. 10th, and a suspicious death still being investigated. |
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Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:57 pm |
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18-year-old girl shot and killed on Flint's north side
Published: Monday, January 23, 2012, 12:34 AM Updated: Monday, January 23, 2012, 12:53 AM
By Roberto Acosta | Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan — An 18-year-old girl was shot and killed Sunday evening during an incident on Winona Street.
Police at the scene said the girl was shot around 8:30 p.m., and a large crowd was gathered around the scene on Winona, between Stewart and Cooper avenues, well into the evening and early morning hours.
No other information is available at this time, but police continue to investigate the incident.
The shooting death is one of several in recent days, including two people found shot to death on Jan. 18 inside a burned vehicle on Raskob Street near Ballenger Highway.
Another shooting death took place on Winona Street near Welch Boulevard less than a week ago, when 28-year-old Samuel E. Garner was struck multiple times by gunfire on Jan. 17. |
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:32 am |
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HAS ANYONE ELSE NOTICED THE CRIME NOW OCCURRING IN THE NEW NORTHERN AREA?
Police identify man shot, in critical condition as 48-year-old Rodrick Itson
Published: Sunday, January 29, 2012, 8:58 AM Updated: Sunday, January 29, 2012, 9:08 AM
By Roberto Acosta | Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan — A 48-year-old man shot early Saturday morning and listed in critical condition has been identified by police as 48-year-old Rodrick Itson, according to police reports.
Itson was shot once in the back shortly after midnight Saturday near the
intersection of Sloan Street and Sutton Avenue
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Police are searching for three males unknown to the victim, but no arrests have yet been made in connection to the shooting incident.
Anyone with information has been asked to call Flint Police Sgt. Andrew Gauthier at 810-237-6919, the Flint Police Department at 810-237-6800 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-422-5245. |
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Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:51 am |
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Man shot twice in Flint robbery after cashing Social Security check
Published: Thursday, February 02, 2012, 8:00 PM Updated: Thursday, February 02, 2012, 8:00 PM
By Khalil AlHajal | kalhajal@mlive.com
FLINT, Michigan -- A man was shot twice during a robbery Wednesday, according to a police report.
The victim had just cashed a Social Security check at a party store on Dort Highway near I-69 around 1:45 p.m. when a man in his 20s approached, according to the report.
The victim told police the suspect pointed a silver revolver and demanded money.
Before the victim could hand over the cash, the suspect shot him twice in the upper right arm and in the right leg, according to the police report.
The suspect took $678 and fled, the victim reported
The victim was transported to a hospital and was listed in good condition, according to the report. |
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The Prosecutors Office always functioned best with their own investigators.
Murder trial delayed against Flint man accused in 2008 killing of 14-year-old boy
Published: Friday, February 03, 2012, 10:00 PM
By Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com
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FLINT, Michigan -- Unable to find witnesses in the trial for a man accused of killing a 14-year-old boy four years ago, a judge on Friday dismissed the charges.
But the man isn't going free.
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said his office immediately re-filed the charges against the suspect, Francisco Javier Sanchez.
Sanchez's trial was set to begin Wednesday but prosecutors could not locate key witnesses in the case. Genesee Circuit Judge Joseph Farah then dismissed the charges, said Leyton.
Francisco Sanchez
Sanchez, 24, is charged with first-degree murder for the July 26, 2008, death of George E. Green Jr.
"We've already sworn the warrant back out," Leyton said Friday. "Mr. Sanchez has already been recharged."
Sanchez's defense attorney, Glenn Cotton, said he expected the charges to be reauthorized.
Leyton said his office has had to rely on the police to track down subpoenaed witnesses since the prosecutor's office no longer has funding for its own investigators.
Green was struck by a gunshot near his left eye during a shootout on the city's east side, according to witness testimony at Sanchez's preliminary hearing two years ago.
Green died two days after the shooting.
Gavin Thomas Won, 33, of Flint, who was also charged with murder and later pleaded guilty to manslaughter, testified that the evening of the shooting he had intended to confront and fight a drug dealer who provided him with phony crack cocaine.
The drug dealer, driving a maroon Lincoln Navigator, went to meet Won near Iowa and Jane streets. During the meeting, a man exited the back of the SUV and began shooting, Won testified.
Won said he returned gunfire, adding that Sanchez also began firing from behind him.
Sanchez's brother, Valentin Sanchez, 27, of Flint, also faced murder charges in the incident. He pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence for picking up shell casings after the shootout.
A new court date for Sanchez has not been set. |
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Police receive calls from Hurley and McLaren in suspected related incident
Published: Saturday, February 04, 2012, 7:00 PM Updated: Saturday, February 04, 2012, 7:05 PM
By Amanda Emery | temery@mlive.com
FLINT, Michigan -- Police received calls to Hurley and McLaren hospitals in what they believe to be a related incident in the 4000 block of North Saginaw street, according to a police report.
On February 2, police received a call for Hurley Hospital in reference to a shooting coming in a personally owned vehicle, according to the report.
The first victim, a 31 year old woman, received a wound to the back of her left heel from what police thought to be a possible bullet fragment. The woman is listed in good condition.
The police were then called to McLaren hospital in reference to a subject who was assaulted by a vehicle, that was related to the shooting incident. The victim, a 33 year old male, had complaints of internal pain on his right side. The man is listed in good condition. |
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