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Flint breaks homicide record after November shooting victim dies
Dominic Adams | dadams5@mlive.com
on March 20, 2013 at 5:58 PM, updated March 20, 2013 at 6:38 PM
FLINT, MI – Flint has set a record for homicides in 2012 after a November shooting victim died earlier this month.
Matthew Dewayne Williams, 24, died March 11 in Detroit, according to an obituary.
Michigan State Police confirmed that Williams died from injuries sustained Nov. 6 after he was shot at a gas station at Clio Road and Myrtle Avenue.
Flint police Chief Alvern Lock said he hadn’t heard about Williams being the 67th homicide for 2012.
“Until I can actually confirm it, I’m not going to say anything,” he said.
Williams’ funeral was Monday, March 20, at Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home.
Police previously said he was shot at the gas station about 5:20 p.m. and went to the hospital in a personal vehicle. It was the first in a string of three shootings that night that included a homicide on Flushing Road.
Flint recorded its 66th homicide on Sunday, Dec. 30, when a man was found dead inside a vehicle at Myrtle and Milbourne avenues.
MLive-Flint Journal reporter Gary Ridley contributed to this report.
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Eric Woodyard | ewoodyar@mlive.com
This is crazy. The violence in this city has to seriously slow way down. I don't know what it will take.
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A look back at the lives lost in Flint to record-breaking violence in 2012
Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com By Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com The Flint Journal
Flint breaks homicide record in 2012
A look back at the lives lost in Flint to record-breaking violence in 2012At 12 homicides so far in 2013, Flint just under same period in 2012Flint breaks homicide record in 2012 after shooting victim dies months laterFlint breaks homicide record after November shooting victim diesWoman shot and killed in Flint identified as Mauricia Christensen
FLINT, MI -- Flint, already a city widely regarded as one of the nation's most violent, set a new record for the most homicides in a year after it recorded 67 in 2012.
State police confirmed Wednesday, March 20, that a man died earlier in March from injuries sustained in a Nov. 6, 2012, shooting at a north side gas station.
Here's a look back at the lives lost in 2012 to the city's record-breaking violence:
Kevin Berger, 55, was shot and killed at his home on Keller Avenue near Welch Boulevard around 10:15 p.m. Jan. 10. Darius McGee, 25, was also critically shot but survived.
Arsenio Hall, 18, is awaiting trial in Genesee Circuit Court for the killing. McGee testified during a preliminary exam that the shooting happened during the robbery of a dice game.
"If you were sad, he would always have something to say to lift your spirits," said Brenda Hatchett, a friend who graduated with Berger from Northern High School in 1974.
Berger was convicted in 1994 of attempted felonious assault and was sentenced to 120 days Genesee County Jail and three years probation.
Shane D. Bartels, 38, was found dead at a home at 1022 Van Buskirk St. shortly after 8:30 a.m. Jan. 13. Police were initially called to the scene for a suicide but police later ruled the death a homicide. Bartels died of asphyxiation.
Dalaun Morgan, 15, was shot and killed by a 16-year-old boy who was playing with a gun. The incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. Jan. 14 on Seneca Street near Pasadena.
"He was a funny dude," said Morgan's friend, Tacoby Jones. "He was cool, laid back and ain't have a problem with nobody."
Aaron LaCour, 19, was shot and killed around 6 p.m. Jan. 14 while driving on Grand Traverse near Third Street. Police said it appeared a person in another vehicle approached LaCour and fired inside his vehicle.
"He wasn't a street kid — that's what I don't understand," said LaCour's mother, Elizabeth LaCour. "He wasn't a thug, he wasn't a drug dealer. I don't understand why this happened."
LaCour worked a variety of masonry and construction jobs and enjoyed old-school music, his mother said.
Samuel E. Garner, 28, was shot to death Jan. 17 in his home on Winona near Welch Boulevard. Police say relatives found Garner with multiple gunshot wounds around 12:30 a.m. and took him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Garner attended Flint Northern High School where he played basketball, football and wrestled.
Oscar Knuckles Jr., 25, and Amyre Aikins, 23, were found shot to death Jan 18. near a burning car around 11:40 p.m. on Raskob Street near Ballenger Highway.
William Evans, 21, and Steven Webster, 26, are each charged with two counts of open murder, armed robbery, carjacking and felony firearm. They are awaiting trial in Genesee Circuit Court.
Amia Aikins, Amyre Aikins' sister, said she didn't know why her sister would have been on Raskob Street at the time of her death.
Shamika Johnson, 18, was shot to death around 8:30 p.m. Jan. 22 outside her sister's home on Winona Street near Cooper Avenue.
Tromeshia Horton, Johnson's sister, said her sister had just returned from living in Nashville with another sister. Johnson grew up in Flint, last attending Zimmerman Center, but not graduating, Horton said. Johnson came back to see the birth of Horton's twins who were born on Christmas Day.
Dustin L. Newton, 32, was shot and killed by his girlfriend because she thought he was a home intruder around 8 a.m. Jan. 24 at a home on Bradley Avenue and Reynolds Street. No charges were filed in the case.
Newton graduated from Holly High School and was employed at a 7-Up distribution center.
Roosevelt Dent, 78, was found dead by his daughter Feb. 5 at his home on Marengo near Saginaw Street. Rosetta Dent said she went to his house to check on him because she hadn't heard from him. She found him shot to death.
Rosetta Dent said her father was a retiree from Buick City. He enjoyed walking around his neighborhood and talking with neighbors.
Rickey Seales Jr., 19, was shot to death around 1:15 a.m. Feb. 6 in the entranceway of Purple Moon nightclub on Dort Highway near Atherton Road.
Rickey Seales Sr. said he was told by people who were at the club at the time that Seales Jr.'s cousin allegedly had an altercation that started in the club and spilled outside.
"The bullet was meant for his cousin," he said.
Samurai Lowe, 32, was shot to death around 9:30 p.m. Feb. 25 outside a home on Clement Street between Winona and Seneca streets.
Lowe had an extensive criminal history, including being sentenced to 3-10 years in prison for a 2004 Berrien County conviction of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder.
Anthony Earl Allen Jr., 20, was shot and killed as he smoked marijuana in a car parked in a driveway on Orange Lane near Carpenter Road the afternoon of Feb. 27. Tyree Darius Austin, 18, of Flint, is charged with open murder in Allen's death.
Witnesses said Austin challenged Allen to a fight, but Austin fled when Allen refused. However, witnesses said Austin returned shortly after, pulled out a handgun and shot Allen in the backseat of the car.
"He was not one of those kids running around the streets," said Allen's grandfather, Fred Allen. "He was a very handsome young man. He was a nice person. He was raised (well)."
Anthony Allen had a bench warrant for two counts possession of a non-narcotic controlled substance and one count possession of marijuana at the time of his death.
Ryan Stinson, 42, was shot and killed inside the Fleming Food Shop about 9 p.m. March 4. No charges have been filed.
Stinson graduated from Flint Northern High School in the late 1980s, his brother said. He played linebacker on the football team. He later enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the Gulf War, according to his family.
He had an extensive criminal history including drug and weapons charges.
Michael M. Edwards, 39, and Latosha Fox, 32, were shot to death at Edward's Neilson Street home early Easter Sunday, April 8.
A neighbor said he heard someone yell "police," kick in Edwards' door and enter the home around 3:30 a.m.
Friends and family said Edwards was a dog lover and avid cook who worked as a substitute teacher in Flint.
Latosha Fox's daughter, Sakinah Fox, described her mother as a strong-voiced, outgoing woman who "loved playing Bingo and spending time with her family."
Edwards was previously convicted of attempted assault and dog fighting charges. Fox was previously charged with felony maintaining a drug house but pleaded down to misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
Danielle L. Woods, 24, was shot and killed April 14 in the parking lot of a liquor store at the corner of Saginaw and 12th streets. Police say a man wearing a mask approached her in the lot and shot her.
Woods was born in Flint and had three children.
Kalien Stubbs, 22, was shot to death in a truck in the parking lot of Shiloh Commons apartment complex on Buick Street on the city's north side April 16.
Stubbs had previously been convicted for his involvement in a criminal organization named, the "Dynasty."
Darrin Bass, 44, was shot to death around 2:30 p.m. April 18 outside a liquor store on Pierson and Flemming roads. Police believe he was not the intended target and was struck by a stray bullet.
"He was always trying to help somebody," said Bass' mother, Shirley Snyder. "That's why I'm getting all the help I'm getting, because he's always out there helping people and they're just bringing it back to me."
Bass had a long history of criminal activity but Snyder said her son had turned his life around.
Andrew C. Jones, 44, was shot to death in a vehicle on Baltimore Boulevard April 23. A second man, Rendell Taylor, 30, was shot in the head but survived.
Jones graduated from Northwestern High School in 1985. He enjoyed roller skating and spending time with his children, nieces and nephews.
He had an extensive criminal history that included numerous theft charges.
Donald Bell, 17, was was shot to death around 9:15 p.m. April 29 at a Providence Street home on the city's south side.
Michael Hoadley, 43, was in a vehicle when he was shot around 2:30 a.m. April 30 at the Sunoco gas station on Dort Highway near Richfield Road. A 47-year-old woman was also shot in the vehicle but survived.
Hoadley was an avid sports fan and a devoted father to his daughter, according to his family.
He had an extensive criminal history.
Denzel Webster, 18, was shot to death outside an apartment complex on South Averill Avenue near Lippincott Boulevard around 7 p.m. May 3. Two other victims were also shot but survived.
Webster was set to graduate from Northwestern High School, and received a diploma posthumously, his family said. He enjoyed cars, playing basketball and music. He wanted to become an electrical technician, they said.
Matthew Angell, 30, was found shot to death in a Ford Explorer around 10 p.m. May 6 on Montana Avenue near Minnesota Avenue.
"He just was a good, good man. A very kindhearted person," said Angell's aunt, Jill Martorelli.
Angell worked at a Lapeer auto parts store, liked to fish and loved to tease his sisters, Martorelli said.
Harold D. Geary, 47, was found shot to death in his vehicle around 8 a.m. May 17 on Industrial Avenue near Dewey Street.
Geary was employed by Synod Residential Services. He enjoyed Lucille Ball and the TV shows Golden Girls and Monk, according to his family. He enjoyed playing Bingo with his aunt.
Patrick Doughty, 40, was stabbed during a fight involving another man and a woman outside the Quick Pick party store on the corner of Court Street and Glenwood Avenue just after 11 p.m. May 26.
Zachary Allen Gorney and Laura Mereles are charged in his death.
Doughty was charged with third-offense driving under the influence of liquor and second-offense driving while license suspended earlier in 2012.
Tommy J. Vaughn, 16, was shot and killed as he sat on the porch of his Adams Avenue home around 6:15 p.m. May 27.
Vaughn was a 9th-grader at Northern High School.
Antonio Bell, 14, was shot and killed at Mott Park around 7:30 p.m. June 8. D'Angelo Sawyers and Kewon M. Harris, both 15, are charged with open murder and felony firearms.
Bell was the city's youngest homicide victim.
A witness testified during a contentiois preliminary examination that Harris opened fire on Bell with an AK-47 as Bell was involved in a dice game on a tennis court at the park.
Joyce Nelson, 49, was found shot to death outside her Van Wagoner Avenue home around 6 a.m. June 22. Her boyfriend, Cleophis Hall, 56, was found covered with blood outside Flint police headquarters. He was charged in her death.
Nelson was a behavioral specialist at Hamady Middle/High school.
Denzel Carroll, 18, was shot and killed around 1 a.m. June 23 at a home on Hillcroft Drive. Authorities say Carroll's friend, Troy Williams, accidentally shot him with a rifle. Williams is charged with negligent manslaughter.
"His smile was infectious and he could brighten your day with one look," said his mother, Dana Jones. "He was a jokester and loved to cuddle with his mommy and watch movies."
Sandra Pittman, 23, and Marquise Meeks, 21, were shot to death around 12:30 a.m. July 26 at the home of Roderick D. Harris on Pulaski near Martin Luther King Avenue.
Harris turned himself over to police and told authorities that the two were at his house to collect a debt and he shot them in self defense. Harris, who was on parole at the time, has been charged in the deaths.
Pittman's father, Donald Pittman, said his daughter's illegal activities led to her death.
"She was not an innocent bystander at all. She was directly involved with all the illegal activity that was going on at that time. She lost her life because she was directly involved in illegal activities that turned into that incident," said Donald Pittman.
Philip E. Johnson Jr., 20, was shot outside the Palm Tree Lounge on Clio Road around 1:50 a.m. July 5.
Ambrianna S. Odom, 20, was also shot, apparently hit by a stray bullet when she was inside the Liquor Wheel store. She survived.
Johnson was charged with assault with intent to murder, first-degree home invasion and assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer in 2009 but charges were dismissed.
Jordache "Jody" Allen, 34, was shot to death on the porch of his Odette Street home around 4 p.m. July 15.
Allen was known as a star point guard at Flint Northwestern High School in the 1990s.
"He put you in that Allen Iverson mind-frame," said former NBA player Mateen Cleaves, who played against Allen in high school. "He was small, but he didn't back down from nobody and he had that Flint-town swagger and that confidence about his game.
Allen had a long criminal history and had a felony warrant for carjacking at the time of his arrest.
"He was just one of those kids that things didn't fall his way and couldn't leave the 'hood," said Adrien Allen, Jody's younger cousin. "That's all he knew, even when he was playing basketball. Every time he would come home, he was stuck to that."
Clarence Stewart, 24, was shot and killed around 11:30 p.m. July 16 in the parking lot of the Quick Pick liquor store. John I. Boddie, 55, was charged with his death.
Anthony Simpkins, 21, Bobby Jackson, 36, and Erica Billingsly, 21, were shot to death around 3:30 a.m. July 18 at a home on Tacken and Frazer streets. Simpkins' brother, James Paul Simpkins, was charged in the deaths.
A fourth person was severely injured in the shooting.
"These individuals were all in the home on Tacken Street. They had been drinking. They had been smoking marijuana," Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said. "Essentially, they had been partying.
"One of the individuals began to harass, taunt, tease Mr. Simpkins by saying 'You're crazy' or something like that, and Mr. Simpkins responded by opening fire on all of the victims."
Anthony A. Ivy Jr., 18, was shot and killed around 3:30 a.m. July 22 in a parking lot on Clio Road outside of Dawn Donuts.
Ivy was convicted in 2012 of two counts of unlawfully driving away a motor vehicle.
Markise Parker, 16, was shot and killed outside a building at River Park Apartments on Yorkshire Drive shortly before 5 a.m. July 22. Timothy Griffin has been charged in his death.
Randy C. Phillips, 54, and Patrick H. Boven, 40, were found shot to death Aug. 5 in a home on the 800 block of West Dayton Street.
A woman at the scene also suffered knife wounds. She ran to a neighbor's home and said that someone broke into the home, killed the two men and cut her.
Phillips was previously convicted of malicious destruction of property. He was also charged in two other cases but was found incompetent to stand trial and the charges were dropped.
Nemya Roberts, 28, was found stabbed to death just after 5 a.m. Aug. 7 outside a home on Fleming Road near Pasadena. Devonte C. Pittmon is charged in the death.
Roberts served time in jail in 2010 for attempting to operate a chop shop.
Angela Vance, 30, was found dead in a home on Minnesota Avenue near Missouri Avenue just before 4 a.m. Aug. 13. Vance's boyfriend, Jacob Perez, is charged in her death.
Police say Vance was strangled to death.
Denaris Young, 22, was shot around 2:26 p.m. Aug. 28 at his grandmother's home at 118 W. Lorado Ave. He died Sept. 12 at Hurley Medical Center. His uncle, Dave Ware III, is charged in the death.
Ware allegedly shot and killed Young after Ware returned home from work. Young's grandmother -- who is Ware's mother -- said that Young had threatened Ware in the past.
Young had been charged with felonious assault and domestic violence in February 2012. He pleaded guilty to domestic violence and was ordered not to have any contact with his mother.
Timothy Smith was fatally run over with a car Sept. 9 in the area of Thom and Cook. Carl Holyfield Jr. is charged in his death.
The city's 911 center received a call at 5:19 a.m. Sunday in reference to a reckless vehicle in the area of Thom and Cook, followed by another call of a man down. A man was found laying dead in the street from a head injury when authorities arrived.
Prosecutors say Smith and Holyfield were hired to commit an arson at a Dollar General store and that an argument ensued over the payment they were to receive for the fire.
Levi Brazzill III, 26, was shot multiple times and killed around 1 a.m. Sept. 12 at an apartment complex on the 3000 block of Richfield Road.
Brazzill loved to work on cars and his dream was to go to college to become a mechanic, family said.
Brazzill's aunt Deborah Wiggins said her nephew was not associated with a gang or involved with drugs.
He had previous convictions of possession of less than 25 grams of cocaine, first-degree home invasion and felony firearms.
Adrian Ray Key Jr., 28, was shot and killed Sept. 14. He was found unresponsive at a home at 733 E. Philadelphia Blvd. on the city's north side.
Police said Key was visiting the home but did not live there.
Key had an extensive criminal record and was released from prison roughly a month before he was killed.
Roderick T. Garner, 31, was shot and killed around 1 a.m. Sept. 16 on the 1000 block of E. York Avenue.
Police say Garner was shot once in the head while inside a vehicle parked near Industrial Avenue. A female victim was also shot in the leg but she survived.
Garner served time in prison on a methamphetamine charge and had a felony warrant for possession of a non-narcotic controlled substance and possession of marijuana at the time of his death.
Jalen Cox, 16, was shot and later struck by a vehicle around 8 p.m. Sept. 16 at Home and Glenn avenues.
"His favorite pastime was making people laugh," said Cox's aunt, Chantal Cox. "He loved cracking jokes."
He was a junior at Flint Northwestern.
"It's sad because he wasn't the kid who was out in the streets," Chantal Cox said.
Devincio Lewis, 21, was found laying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds the morning of Sept. 16 on Lawndale Avenue.
Willie D. Kidd Jr., 51, was shot and killed Sept. 17 near the Berston Field House on the 3300 block of North Saginaw.
Police say Kidd was walking with two women when he was approached by two men and shot.
Kidd was a 1979 graduate of Flint Northwestern and worked as a clerk at the Fleming Road Market. He enjoyed football and basketball, his family said.
He had been sentenced to prison in 1999 for attempted breaking and entering.
Michael Dar-Quail McNeal, 20, was shot Sept. 26 at 111 W. Wood St. near M.L. King Avenue. He died Oct. 2.
He was on probation for attempting to carry a concealed weapon at the time of his death, according to state records.
Mack Hill Parrish IV, 27, was struck with a vehicle around 9:30 p.m. Oct. 2 on the 6900 block of Yorkshire. Ladora Snell is charged in the case. Parrish's family said Snell was Parrish's ex-girlfriend.
Parrish's sister, LaShawndra Cathron, said her brother wasn't perfect and struggled with alcohol. He had been drinking the night of his death and was being combative, she said.
He was previously convicted of maintaining a drug house.
Darrius Robinson, 23, was shot and killed Oct. 3 at 228 Mary St. near M.L. King Avenue.
He attended Doyle-Ryder Elementary, Whittier Jr. High and graduated from Carman-Bendle Alternative High School in 2007. He also attended Mott Community College and University of Phoenix. He enjoyed poetry and music. He also had two daughters.
Michael D. Veal, 37, was shot and killed Oct. 10 outside a home on Mary Street near M.L. King. A warrant has been issued against his brother, McConnie Baker.
Veal allegedly was shot to death because he didn't return another brother who was on tether home on time, according to prosecutors.
He spent time in prison for assault with intent to do great bodily harm, but had turned his life around and began mentoring youth to steer them in a different direction than the one he took.
Deborah Coleman, 50, was shot and killed Oct. 16 in a vehicle in the 5600 block of Edwards Avenue.
Jasper L. Simmons, 25, was shot and killed outside the Liquor Corner on North Saginaw Street Oct. 22. Michael Rendell McDonald was charged in the death.
Simmons had multiple cocaine possession convictions, according to state records.
Iris Gardner, 92, was shot and killed at his home on Race Street Oct. 30. He was the city's oldest homicide victim.
Police say someone knocked on Gardner's door and shot him when he answered.
Gardner's niece, Joann Cooper, 55, of Flint, said her family is shocked that her uncle would die that way.
Cooper said her uncle grew up during the Great Depression in a small town in Georgia. He would talk about being so poor that he had to walk to school in his bare feet during the winter, she said.
He came to Flint in the 1950s or 1960s and worked as a supervisor at a junkyard for 30 years, Cooper said. In his older age, he still remained active, continuing to drive, walk around in the neighborhood and do yard work, family said.
"If you would have saw him, you would have thought he was still 78," Cooper said.
Isaac Burton, 21, was shot and killed while inside a vehicle in the parking lot of a liquor store on Flushing Road near Milbourne Avenue Nov. 6.
Burton was found with a gunshot wound around 6:30 p.m.
He had multiple criminal convictions, including unarmed robbery, from Wayne and Genesee counties.
Mauricia D. Christensen, 21, was shot and killed Nov. 11 at a home on Gracelawn near M.L. King Avenue. Quandrice Shelby, 19, is charged in her death.
Kenyatta Johnson, 23, was found dead Nov. 13 in a vacant lot on Chippewa and Warren streets.
He had been convicted of previous drug charges, according to court records.
DeMarkus Barnett, 22, was discovered stabbed to death outside a car wash on Robert T. Longway near Averill around 2 a.m. Dec. 9.
Marjani J. Abdur-Rahman is lodged in the Genesee County Jail after she was arrested Wednesday, March 13, in the killing.
Stacy Muter, 28, of Columbiaville, said she has a 2-year-old son with DeMarkus Barnett and said her boyfriend was a social person who had many friends.
“He was a good father and I hate that someone took him from his son and from me,” Muter said.
Vena Fant, 48, was shot and killed during a drive-by shooting at her home on East Flint Park Boulevard around 6 p.m. Dec. 10. Andrew Maurice Randolph, 33, of Flint, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder, discharging a firearm in a building, felon in possession of a firearm and felony firearm.
Family said she was sitting on the couch when she was shot.
Darnell Miller, Fant's fiance, said Fant was a thoughtful woman who listened to the perspective of others. The homemaker, who occasionally made money babysitting, enjoyed music and going to football and basketball games her relatives played in. He said they had been together for 18 years.
Maurice Carter, 38, was found shot to death around 8 a.m. Dec. 12 on a porch of an abandoned home on the 700 block of Carton Street.
Gerrell Tyler, 26, was found dead in the driver's seat of his Mercedes-Benz at Milbourne and Myrtle avenues around 5:30 p.m. Dec. 30.
Terence Deangelo Brock, 24, is charged with first-degree, premeditated murder, felon in possession of a firearm and felony firearms for Tyler's death.
Anyone with information on any of these deaths is asked to call Flint police at 810-237-6801 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-422-JAIL. |
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