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Four men in critical condition following shootings, beating in Flint
Published: Sunday, October 30, 2011, 12:05 PM Updated: Sunday, October 30, 2011, 1:04 PM
By Roberto Acosta | Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan — Four men are in critical condition at Hurley Medical Center after three were shot and another beaten in two early morning incidents Oct. 29, according to police reports.
The first incident happened around 2:45 a.m. on North Saginaw Street, where 31-year-old Walter Smith was shot along with another male victim whose name has not been released.
Smith was taken in his own vehicle to Hurley, while the second victim was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Police were also called to Vermilya Avenue near Brunswick Avenue around 3:30 a.m. for an assault. Upon arrival, officers found Charles Mitchell had been beaten and Christopher Hincka shot at a residence.
Both men were taken to Hurley and listed in critical condition. Police believe the shooting and beating on Vermilya Avenue are related incidents.
Anyone with information on either incident are being asked to call Flint police at 810-237-6800 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-422-5245. |
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Flint police officer shoots man who pulled gun
Published: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 12:14 AM Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 2:13 AM
By Khalil AlHajal | The Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan — A police officer shot a man in the leg on West Gracelawn Street near King Street shortly after 11 p.m., Police Chief Alvern Lock said.
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Enlarge Sean Ryan | The Flint Journal Sean Ryan | The Flint Journal Flint police officers investigate the scene of an officer involved shooting on West Gracelawn Ave. near King Street Monday night. The man who was shot by the officer in the leg was transported to the hospital by ambulance and listed as non-critical at this time. Officer involved shooting Gracelawn Ave. gallery (9 photos)
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Lock said the incident began when the officer observed shots being fired from an SUV at East Ridgeway Avenue and Saginaw Street and followed the vehicle.
He said the officer called for backup and confronted a man inside the SUV when it stopped on Gracelawn.
When the man in the SUV pulled a gun, the officer fired, the chief said.
"He defended himself and fired several times, hitting him in the leg," Lock said.
Police said the man was in non-critical condition.
Four gunshots were heard in the area at the time of the shooting.
Lock said the officer will be put on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.
He said police recovered a handgun carried by the man who was shot.
Police roped off a large area with caution tape and the chief, a captain, a lieutenant and several sergeants were on the scene investigating — an unusual number of supervisors at a non-critical shooting scene in Flint
Orange cones marking evidence sat in a driveway beside the SUV that police followed.
The shooting was the fourth in the city on Monday.
Edmon Fields was sitting on his couch watching Monday Night Football when he heard the shots fired.
"It sounded like it was right by my window," said Fields, 68.
"Makes a man scared to stand out on his porch." |
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Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:47 am |
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Three men shot within moments of each other in Flint
Published: Monday, October 31, 2011, 8:00 PM Updated: Monday, October 31, 2011, 9:02 PM
By Khalil AlHajal | The Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan — Three shootings within minutes of each other Monday afternoon left two men dead and a third critically injured.
View full size(Dorothy Edwards | The Flint Journal)Willie Anthony and Kayla Wilburn of Flint, uncle and sister of Antonio Anthony, 22, mourn his loss at the scene of the fatal shooting on Monday evening on East Dayton Street in Flint. Anthony was pronounced dead at the scene and family identified him.
Two men were shot about 2:45 p.m. in the same block of Jamieson Street, one dying near Saginaw Street and one wounded near Mildred Street, police said.
About the same time, police found a third man shot and killed on Dayton Street near Bonbright Street.
The man who was wounded in the Mildred Street shooting ran two blocks before collapsing at the steps of a nearby post office building on Saginaw Street, where paramedics picked him up and transported him to Hurley Medical Center, police said.
Flint Police Chief Alvern Lock said police were investigating and had few details about the shootings.
View full size(Sean Ryan | The Flint Journal)A grieving woman is comforted as a crowd gathers outside the scene of a double shooting on Jamieson Street near Saginaw Street in Flint on Monday. One victim died and the other was transported to Hurley Medical Center, police said.
"It's unfortunate that we've got two lives that are gone by some violence that we deem to be senseless," he said. "We need to continue working in the community and hopefully we can get some of the violence to stop."
There have been 51 homicides in the city this year.
Police did not release the names of the two Jamieson Street victims Monday.
Flint Police Capt. T.P. Johnson said it isn't yet clear whether the shootings were related.
"It's the very, very beginning of the investigation," Johnson said Monday afternoon. "We don't know if all three are related, two are related or if any are related."
Police believe the man who was killed on Dayton was exchanging fire with another man when he was shot.
Family members at the scene of the Dayton Street shooting identified the slain man as 22-year-old Antonio Anthony.
"I don't know how to feel about this," said Kala Wilburn, 26, Anthony's sister. "All I know is I have to continue to depend on the word of God. I have to be strong for my family."
The victim's uncle, Willie Anthony, 55, said his nephew planned on going back to school.
"He was a kind-hearted guy," he said. "It's just shocking."
Large crowds of mourners gathered around the crime scenes on both Jamieson and Dayton streets.
Family, friends and neighbors, some of them children wearing Halloween costumes, surrounded a long stretch of caution tape wrapped around a block of Jamieson Street between Saginaw and Mildred streets.
Several sobbed, some falling to the ground in grief.
Family members declined to speak with reporters.
One man ran to the scene and ducked underneath the caution tape, rushing toward the body of his relative, which lay under a sheet beside a car on a grassy lot.
He was tackled by an officer, who convinced him, with the help of family members, to stay out of the crime scene so police could investigate.
Teril Cooper, director of a halfway house beside the lot where the fatal Jamieson Street victim was shot, said he hears gunshots ring out in the neighborhood every day.
"It's getting to be pretty common," he said about young men being killed in the area. "It's ridiculous."
Flint Journal staff writer David Harris contributed to this report.
© 2011 MLive.com. All rights reserved. |
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Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:49 am |
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Flint firefighters battle three Halloween night blazes
Published: Monday, October 31, 2011, 10:46 PM Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 1:50 AM
By Khalil AlHajal | The Flint Journal
View full sizeSean Ryan | The Flint JournalFlint firefighters watch as a vacant house fire on Bishop Avenue near Aubrey Street burn down Monday night. The fire was the first of at least three fires on Halloween night.
FLINT, Michigan -- Firefighters are battling flames at two vacant houses and one occupied home on the city's north side.
Battalion Chief Andy Graves said no one was home at the occupied house on East Alma Avenue near King Avenue and there have been no injuries at any of the fires.
The occupied house fire began in the bedroom around 10:30 p.m. and was under investigation, Graves said.
The fire came after two suspected arsons at vacant houses on Newall Street near Bonbright Street around 10 p.m. and at Bishop Avenue near Aubrey Street around 9:30 p.m.
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In both cases, firefighters were protecting surrounding homes with the vacant structures burned.
"At this point in the night when we're fighting three fires at the same time, we just don't have the resources to mount an offensive attack," Graves said.
Firefighters did attack the flames at the occupied home and got the fire under control.
Graves said Halloween night fires have become more common in recent years.
Meanwhile, four gunshots could be heard in the distance from the Alma Avenue fire. |
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Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:52 am |
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Flint firefighters respond to three more fires overnight for a total of seven Halloween night fires
Published: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 7:32 AM Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 7:45 AM
By David Harris | Flint Journal
Sean Ryan | The Flint JournalFlint firefighters watch as a vacant house fire on Bishop Avenue near Aubrey Street burn down Monday night. The fire was the first of at least three fires on Halloween night.
FLINT, Michigan -- After a relatively quiet Devil's Night, fire crews were busy handling seven fires in less than 12 hours on Halloween night.
Crews were called out to three fires in less than 3 hours early this morning, said Andy Graves, battalion chief.
Firefighters battled around 3 a.m. a fully engulfed vacant home on Home Avenue near King Avenue. The home was destroyed and the fire is suspicious, Graves said.
They battled another fully engulfed fire at around 4:30 a.m. on Mason near 9th Avenue. The home was destroyed and is considered suspicious.
Crews also were called out to an occupied home fire on Sherwood Drive near Bradley Avenue. The accidental electrical fire was quickly put out, Graves said.
The home's resident was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
This came after firefighters battled three fires late Monday night.
Crews were called the first fire of the night around 4:30 p.m. at an occupied home on Fourth Avenue.
Flint firefighters battles just five Devil's Night fires. |
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Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:55 am |
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Police identify Jamieson homicide victim as 18-year-old Dwan Brown
Published: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 8:45 AM Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 8:51 AM
By David Harris | Flint Journal
(Sean Ryan | The Flint Journal)A grieving woman is comforted as a crowd gathers outside the scene of a double shooting on Jamieson Street near Saginaw Street in Flint on Monday. One victim died and the other was transported to Hurley Medical Center, police said.
FLINT, Michigan — Police have identified the victim from Monday afternoon's homicide on Jamieson Street as Dwan "Wan Wan" Brown, 18.
Police say Brown was shot to death in his vehicle around 2:36 p.m. on Jamieson near Mildred. A 17-year-old passenger also was shot and ran to a nearby post office where he got help, police said.
He suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound, police say.
Just nine minutes later, police responded to another shooting call where 22-year-old Antonio Anthony was found shot to death in the doorway of a home on Dayton Avenue near Bonbright.
Police have not said the shootings are related but the same detective is listed as working both shootings.
Anyone with information on either shooting is asked to call Flint Police Sgt. Shawn Ellis at 810-237-6919. |
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Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:58 am |
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FLINT (WJRT) -
Three shootings, two are deadly in Flint. The gun fire spurred one of the victim's family to call for end to the city's violence.
The first two calls went out around 2:30 p.m. One on the 300 block of East Dayton, the other on North Saginaw. Shortly after that another shooting on the 500 block of East Jamieson.
Flint Police Lt. T.P. Johnson is the lead investigator. "We trying to find out if they are related, how and who the players were."
When police were called to the 300 block of East Dayton, Tina Jones said she heard the commotion from inside her home. "I started hearing a bunch of gunfire. We need more police out here. I never see police out here till something like this happens."
Police said the victim from the shooting on Dayton was running away from another individual.
"They were exchanging gun fire, this victim hit at least one time." Johnson said.
On the 500 block of East Jamieson, a family prays for their loved one. Casaundra Atkinson said her 18-year-old son Dwan Brown,Jr. was another victim. "I'm not going to sit here and say he was an earth angel, I know he did his dirt out here like any other teenager, but it's not worth his life, nothing he ever did is worth his life."
"Bro I love you and I'm going to miss you. I shed no tears, you're in a better place," said Victim's brother.
Dwan's family is calling on the community to come together and unite in peace.
"We're losing our young boys out here for nothing, it's silliness, it needs to stop, three in one day is just too much," added Atkinson.
Call Flint Police or Crime stoppers if you know anything about these shootings. Police need your help to solve these crimes.
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Dennis Robbins
2 hours ago
Blame the parents of these kids getting shot,dont blame the lack of police for not knowing what your kids are doing...Typical north end thinking..
sodamnsmooth
8 hours ago
@Shianne... I don't think police can stop violence. I think the city has been crapped on by lawmakers in Lansing and desperate people do desperate things. The young people have a destructive mentality here. The governor should have to stay in a house on the north side the next time he wants to make cuts to schools and community that make life worse in poor communities.
Shianne
9 hours ago
I live on the North end of Flint and all this violent stuff that keeps persisting is just unreal. No wonder they call this the most dangerous city in the U.S....No one wants to see this kind of stuff happening to our youth or anyone else for that matter. I dont understand what provokes this heinous violence. One day hopefully we will have enough police in this county to stop all the violence. |
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Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:58 am |
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Habitat for Humanity home burns in Devil's Night fire
Posted: Oct 31, 2011 4:55 PM EDT Updated: Oct 31, 2011 5:42 PM EDT
By Lori Dougovito - bio | email
FLINT (WJRT) -
(10/31/11) - A Genesee County Habitat for Humanity home was one of several structures destroyed in Devil's Night fires in Flint.
Habitat for Humanity home was the first of six scenes firefighters fought Sunday and into early Monday morning.
All six of those fires remain under investigation.
"I got a call 8:30 Sunday morning and they said, 'Your house is gone.' It just kind of took me away because the students were starting to take ownership of the house. They were very proud of what they were doing and we were proud of them. It's just a shame," said Genesee County Habitat for Humanity construction supervisor Patrick Osdras.
College and Job Corps students had been working on the home, located on West 7th near Church, for the last two months.
"We were just about ready to drywall. We had our HVAC and our wiring, our plumbing going and we were looking forward to starting siding. The windows were in. The roof was supposed to go on today," Osdras said.
The next fire call came in about 12 hours later, at the former Sherman's Market on East Sherman.
The four fires that followed occurred in the span of eight hours after that.
The final fire was in the 200 block of South Franklin about 1:40 Monday morning.
Flint Fire Battalion Chief Andy Graves called it a "typical" 24 hour period, comparable to what's been seen in recent years. The numbers are down dramatically compared to decades past, according to Graves.
"We'd like to express tremendous appreciation to the community because they are, we like to say, our extended eyes and ears of the police and fire departments. Their efforts in adopting houses, boarding windows, keeping eyes open, reporting any suspicious activity has really made a difference," Graves said.
Flint Police tell ABC12, about 150 residents volunteered throughout the Halloween weekend. |
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Police say man who was beaten on Vermilya Avenue on Saturday dies
Published: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 9:05 AM Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 9:06 AM
By David Harris | Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan — The man who was beaten in an assault around 3:30 a.m. Saturday on Vermilya Avenue has died, police said.
Charles Mitchell died Monday morning, according to police.
Mitchell was found beaten and Christopher Hincka was found shot. Hincka still is listed in critical condition.
Police have no suspect information.
There are now 52 homicides this year. |
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Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:01 pm |
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Police say man who was beaten on Vermilya Avenue on Saturday dies
Published: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 9:05 AM Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 9:06 AM
By David Harris | Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan — The man who was beaten in an assault around 3:30 a.m. Saturday on Vermilya Avenue has died, police said.
Charles Mitchell died Monday morning, according to police.
Mitchell was found beaten and Christopher Hincka was found shot. Hincka still is listed in critical condition.
Police have no suspect information.
There are now 52 homicides this year. |
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Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:01 pm |
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Police say man who was beaten on Vermilya Avenue on Saturday dies
Published: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 9:05 AM Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 9:06 AM
By David Harris | Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan — The man who was beaten in an assault around 3:30 a.m. Saturday on Vermilya Avenue has died, police said.
Charles Mitchell died Monday morning, according to police.
Mitchell was found beaten and Christopher Hincka was found shot. Hincka still is listed in critical condition.
Police have no suspect information.
There are now 52 homicides this year. |
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Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:01 pm |
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Flint Police Chief Alvern Lock: Two deadly shootings Monday afternoon 'looking like they are related'
Published: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 10:27 AM Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 10:27 AM
By David Harris | Flint Journal
(Sean Ryan | The Flint Journal)A grieving woman is comforted as a crowd gathers outside the scene of a double shooting on Jamieson Street near Saginaw Street in Flint on Monday. One victim died and the other was transported to Hurley Medical Center, police said.
FLINT, Michigan — Police Chief Alvern Lock said it is "looking like" the two deadly shootings from Monday afternoon that happened minutes and blocks apart are related.
"It is looking like they may be related," he said. "We are working on it."
Lock declined to give any further details.
At about 2:36 p.m. police were called to a shooting at Jamieson Street near Mildred and found an 18-year-old Dwan Brown shot to death outside his vehicle. Another man, 17, was shot and ran to a nearby post office.
Then, minutes later and about one-half mile away, Antonio Anthony, 22, was found shot to death in a doorway in a home on East Dayton Avenue, police said.
The same detective is working both shootings.
Lock said there are no suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to call Flint Police Sgt. Shawn Ellis at 810-237-6919 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-422-JAIL.
© 2011 MLive.com. All rights reserved. |
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Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:25 pm |
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Woman attacked from behind and carjacked in Flint
Published: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 9:01 PM Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 9:49 PM
By Khalil AlHajal | The Flint Journal
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FLINT, Michigan — A woman was attacked and carjacked as she got out of her vehicle on the city's north side over the weekend, according to a police report released today.
The woman told police she was struck on the head from behind and knocked to the ground as she got out of her car on Saginaw Street near Bishop Avenue at 3:30 p.m.
The suspect then got into her green 2000 Buick Century and drove away toward King Street, according to the police report.
There were no arrests at the time the report was filed. |
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