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Police Search for Shooting Suspect
By Kimberly Craig and Kristin Smith
Web produced by Jenny DiDomenico
June 24, 2004
Detroit police have asked anyone with information on the two people above to call them at (313) 596-2260, or anonymously at 1 (800) SPEAK-UP. Investigators are interested in speaking with the two men, one seen here wearing a #22 Tayshaun Prince Pistons jersey, the other in a black tee-shirt, about what they might have seen Wedne
day night.
Police are tracking several leads in hopes of closing in on the person responsible for the Detroit Freedom Festival fireworks shootings on Wednesday night. Police said Thursday morning the
y have new pictures that may put them one step closer to the suspect.
The shooting started in Hart Plaza shortly after t
he fireworks began, which camouflaged the sounds of the gunshots. Nine people in a crowd of one million were gunned down in just a few seconds.
Emergency Medical Services rushed five of the victims to Detroit Receiving Hospital, and Detroit Police officers aided their efforts by hurrying the other four victims to the hospital in their own squad cars.
Lewis Nelson, a 22-year-old college student, was shot twice, once in his thigh and another time in his side, piercing his heart. Sharee Ridley, 18, is a member of Robichaud High School's class of 2004, and Nelson is her boyfriend. Both were in critical condition Thursday night, but were said to be alert.
"H
ow senseless it is," Sharee's friend Regina Allison said. "I mean, she just graduated from high school. She's 18 years old, and it's just senseless."
Aaron Edmondson, said
to
be under 22 years old, was upgraded to temporary serious condition late Thursday afternoon.
Of the other six victims, Donald Murphy, Laurie Foster, Evonne
Everette were still in temporary serious but stable condition Thursday night, while Bryant Bevan, Andrea Malone and Brandon Patterson had been treated and released that morning.
According to Detroit Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings, the two men shown in pictures released to the public early Thursday, who were said to have been at the scene at the time of the shootings, were brought in to Police Headquarters downtown by their mother that afternoon. Police did not call the two men suspects in the shootings, but had said they wanted to speak with them about what they might have seen that night.
"We have some very good leads," Bu
lly-Cummings stressed late Thursday afternoon, but asked anyone with any more information to call the department at (313) 596-2260, or anonymously at 1 (800) SPEAK-UP.
"Consideri
ng what
you've done, it is in your best interest to turn yourself in to police," the police chief later added.
Police are hoping someone visiting downtown Detroit for the fireworks may h
ave taken further pictures or video that may be helpful in finding the man who opened fire in a crowd of people.
http://www.wxyz.com/wxyz/nw_local_news/art...2987586,00.html
Police Search for Shooting Suspect
By Kimberly Craig and Kristin Smith
Web produced by Jenny DiDomenico
June 24, 2004
Detroit police have asked anyone with information on the two people above to call them at (313) 596-2260, or anonymously at 1 (800) SPEAK-UP. Investigators are interested in speaking with the two men, one seen here wearing a #22 Tayshaun Prince Pistons jersey, the other in a black tee-shirt, about what they might have seen Wedne
day night.
Police are tracking several leads in hopes of closing in on the person responsible for the Detroit Freedom Festival fireworks shootings on Wednesday night. Police said Thursday morning the
y have new pictures that may put them one step closer to the suspect.
The shooting started in Hart Plaza shortly after t
he fireworks began, which camouflaged the sounds of the gunshots. Nine people in a crowd of one million were gunned down in just a few seconds.
Emergency Medical Services rushed five of the victims to Detroit Receiving Hospital, and Detroit Police officers aided their efforts by hurrying the other four victims to the hospital in their own squad cars.
Lewis Nelson, a 22-year-old college student, was shot twice, once in his thigh and another time in his side, piercing his heart. Sharee Ridley, 18, is a member of Robichaud High School's class of 2004, and Nelson is her boyfriend. Both were in critical condition Thursday night, but were said to be alert.
"H
ow senseless it is," Sharee's friend Regina Allison said. "I mean, she just graduated from high school. She's 18 years old, and it's just senseless."
Aaron Edmondson, said
to
be under 22 years old, was upgraded to temporary serious condition late Thursday afternoon.
Of the other six victims, Donald Murphy, Laurie Foster, Evonne
Everette were still in temporary serious but stable condition Thursday night, while Bryant Bevan, Andrea Malone and Brandon Patterson had been treated and released that morning.
According to Detroit Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings, the two men shown in pictures released to the public early Thursday, who were said to have been at the scene at the time of the shootings, were brought in to Police Headquarters downtown by their mother that afternoon. Police did not call the two men suspects in the shootings, but had said they wanted to speak with them about what they might have seen that night.
"We have some very good leads," Bu
lly-Cummings stressed late Thursday afternoon, but asked anyone with any more information to call the department at (313) 596-2260, or anonymously at 1 (800) SPEAK-UP.
"Consideri
ng what
you've done, it is in your best interest to turn yourself in to police," the police chief later added.
Police are hoping someone visiting downtown Detroit for the fireworks may h
ave taken further pictures or video that may be helpful in finding the man who opened fire in a crowd of people.
http://www.wxyz.com/wxyz/nw_local_news/art...2987586,00.html