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Man dies after being shot in vehicle on Flushing Road
By Dominic Adams | dadams5@mlive.com
on November 06, 2012 at 8:10 PM, updated November 06, 2012 at 9:48 PM
A car that had run off the road had its back window shattered at the scene of a fatal shooting on the 2600 block of Flushing Road in Flint, Mich. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.Griffin Moores | MLive.com
FLINT, MI – A man was shot and killed inside his vehicle Tuesday outside a liquor store on Flushing Road.
Police at the scene said a man was shot about 6:30 p.m. in the parking lot of K& J Liquor, 2638 Flushing Road.
The man died at a hospital, police said.
A champagne colored Lincoln sedan was up on the curb across the street from the liquor store.
Police did not provide any other details.
It was the third shooting about an hour, police said.
Flushing Road was blocked off between Milbourne and Forest Hill avenues during the investigation.
The first critical shooting of the night was at a gas station on Clio Road. Police said a man was shot outside the BP gas station at Clio Road and West Myrtle Avenue and was then taken to Hurley Medical Center in a personal vehicle.
Police did not have any information about the third shooting.
A woman who told police she was related to the man who was fatally shot on Flushing Road came up to the crime scene screaming.
"I just had a dream two days ago that he was going to be killed," she told police before going into a police car to be interviewed.
Dominic Adams is a police reporter for The Flint Journal. Contact him at dadams5@mlive.com or 810-241-8803. Follow him on Twitter or Facebook. |
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Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:43 pm |
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Victim from BP shooting went into surgery. The POV (private owned vehicle) that took him to ER was recovered by police at ER and was said to have bullet holes . The suspect was a black male with a dark complexion and long face, wearing a black hoodie. Suspect may have been driving a black Monte Carlo, possibly a 2002, and may have been located near the vicinity of Home and Baldwin.
The suspect in the Flushing Road shooting wore camoflage and blue jeans. Said to be a B/m about 5"6" to 5"7' and left north on foot. |
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Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:51 pm |
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Thursday the barbershop on Pasadena and ML King had a shooting of a juvenile. He was shot in the foot and the assailant ran into the community nearby.
The area in the northeast quadrant around Carpenter Rd. and Daniel (Cecil Drive too) was filled with shots fired calls .
The intersection of Copeman and Seneca had a man stabbed in the face by a blck male driving a gray and blue vehicle.
Shots fired:
Edmund and Industrial
2500 block Maryland
600 block mary
The 2500 block of Brownell and area south was filled with calls of 3 to 5 black males, one of which had an assault weapon, firing shots. The helicopter, a foot chase and K-9 units were involved. |
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Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:41 am |
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Flint hits 60 homicides for third time since 1986; on pace to break record of 66
By David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com
on November 10, 2012 at 7:00 AM, updated November 10, 2012 at 7:03 AM
FLINT, MI – For just the third time in more than two decades, Flint will finish the year with at least 60 homicides.
The city is on pace to eclipse its record 66 homicides set two years ago.
The city recorded its 60th homicide this year Tuesday, Nov. 6, when 21-year-old Issac Burton was shot to death in a vehicle around 6:30 p.m. outside a liquor store on Flushing Road near Milbourne Avenue.
Police have not announced any suspects or motive for the crime. His family could not be reached for comment.
Curtis Hunter Jr., 53, of Flint, said better parenting and education are needed to quell the violence.
"Then these 15- and 16-year-olds wouldn't be going out with shotguns shooting people," said Hunter. "I have four kids -- all of them went to college out of the north end of Flint. These kids have to get up out of here."
Over the last 11 months, the city has seen victims as young as 14 to as old as 92.
Motives behind the slayings have varied but many can be best summed up as quarrels between people, said Police Chief Alvern Lock, adding people need to find a way to resolve conflicts without grabbing a gun and shooting someone.
"There needs to be some conflict resolution on the part of the citizens that do that kind of stuff," said Lock.
Homicides have also happened in clusters, with 49 of the 60 homicides occurred within three days of another.
A woman is held as she screams after becoming emotional on the 200 block of Mary Street off of King Avenue in Flint's north side at the scene of a deadly shooting on Oct. 3. The victim's brother identified the 55th homicide victim this year as Darrius Robinson, 23.Ryan Garza | MLive.com
Flint is not alone in its struggle to tamp down homicides.
Camden, New Jersey, which usurped Flint as the city with the highest per capita homicide rate last year, has also seen a spike in slayings.
Camden, a city of 77,000, posted 47 homicides last year but has already passed that with 57 homicides as of Friday, Nov. 9 – just one shy of its 1995 record.
While Camden is in the midst of disbanding its 273-member police department and turning it into a countywide force, the Flint Police Department got a boost Tuesday, Nov. 6, when voters resoundingly supported a 6-mill tax increase over five years that will raise more than $5 million in the first year.
The millage was only meant to "stabilize" the department that was largely funded through grants, and losing dollars because of falling property values. While some have called for 30 to 50 new officers, officials have said just 10 new officers will be added initially to boost the nearly 120-member force.
Patrice Askew, 51, of Mt Morris, has a daughter and grandkids living in the north side of Flint and used to live in the city herself. She said there needs to be more cops on the street, especially since the millage passed.
"I think they need to improve that (area)," she said.
The city has also stressed its partnerships – the Michigan State police doubled its presence inside the city last year, with more on the way. Troopers focus more on proactive policing such as making traffic stops.
The city lockup opened last month, giving police a place to lodge less-violent criminals.
But no matter what the city does, it doesn't seem to quell the killings. Lock reiterates that a lot of crime prevention is dependent on the people.
"We are in the process of doing everything we can to investigate these homicides, but we need cooperation from the community to prevent these things from happening," Lock said. "Police is part of the solution, not the complete solution." |
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Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:54 pm |
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In the responses to the story, several M-live readers expressed outrage that the Journal printed the name of the accuser, but not the accused. The readers believed the Journal put the woman in jeopardy.
Afternoon fire started by man living on the same street, a neighbor suspects
By Andrew Averill | aaverill@mlive.com
on November 10, 2012 at 2:30 PM, updated November 10, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Enlarge Lauren Justice | ljustice@mlive.com Lauren Justice | MLive.com Eric Kimbrell, 12, crosses his fingers while watching a fire in the 2900 block of Agree Avenue Saturday afternoon. Nobody was in the home or injured in the fire. Fire in the 2900 block of Agree Avenue gallery (7 photos
FLINT, MI -- A woman living two properties down from an afternoon fire in an abandoned house on Flint's northeast side Nov. 10 said she knows who did it.
Kerry Barons, 44, was told by the fire battalion chief at the scene not to share the name of the man she suspects of lighting the fire around 12:30 p.m. on the 2900 block of Agree Avenue. But she told MLive that he lives just down the road.
Barons said she suspects him because he has loudly voiced his intentions in the past.
"He gets drunk and starts shouting how he's going to burn down all these houses," Barons said.
She said he hated people on the street he considered "trashy."
Flint Fire Battalion Chief Darren Clemons said it's typical for houses on this side of town to go down in flames, but not during the day.
The man who once lived in the house had passed away and it had been abandoned for some time, Clemons said.
Neighbors told him that all kinds of people have been seen going in and out of the house since it was abandoned, he said.
Clemons said he expects the fire investigation to conclude it was arson.
As of Oct. 29, there have been 290 suspected arsons in 2012. There was 300 suspected arsons at this time last year.
Barons and her housemates, along with a number of neighborhood residents, stood outside and watched as the fire department let the house fire burn itself out before extinguishing it.
Jimmy Davis, 49, walked to the fire from his house two blocks away. He's been in Flint for 45 years, he said.
"People see this and want to pack up and leave," Davis said. "I care about this town, but it's going downhill."
He said everybody in the neighborhood looks out for one another, but there's a criminal element making its way east across Dort Highway.
Grant Osterman, 42, was watching the fire with Davis.
"Just because GM left doesn't mean people have to act like animals," he said.
Barons said she and her two housemates constantly hear gun shots behind her house. The area is full of children, she said.
"I'm going to make darn sure they get the guy," Barons said. |
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Sat Nov 10, 2012 11:04 pm |
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09-024683-FC JUDGE YUILLE FILE 04/07/09 ADJ DT 04/29/10 CLOSE 07/14/10 GENESEE COUNTY
D 001 BURTON,ISAAC,CURTIS-RAY DOB: 06/23/91 SEX: M RACE: B
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DETROIT, MI 48235 SID:
ATY: WHITE,MAJOR J.C., PROSECUTOR: LEYTON,DAVID
LOWER DISTRICT: 68th CTY# 25 CASE# 09-149FYC PRELIM: HELD 04/01/09
01 ORG 750.529 ROBBERY ARMED 01/22/09
LES 750.530 ROBBERY UNARMED NOC MSH
02 ORG 750.529 ROBBERY ARMED 01/22/09 DIS MSH
03 ORG 750.227B-A FELONY FIREARMS 01/22/09 DIS MSH
04 ORG 750.227 WEAPONS-CARRY CONCEALED 01/22/09 DIS MSH
1 04/01/09 YUILLE RETURN TO CIRCUIT COURT
SET NEXT DATE FOR: 04/13/09 8:30 AM
ARRAIGNMENT
**BINDOVER RECEIVED 4-7-09**
ARRESTING AGENCY-FLINT
2 CODEFENDANT/CONSOLIDATION
09-24531-FH
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3 CODEFENDANT/CONSOLIDATION
09-24522-FH
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4 CODEFENDANT/CONSOLIDATION
09-24681-FC
MARKELL BELL |
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Sat Nov 10, 2012 11:25 pm |
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violent 24 hours and especially the last two hours.
Last night shots fired :
3800 block Blackington
600 block Prospect
6900 block Webster
Gamma lane (eastside)
Industrial & Bundy
Tonight shots fired:
Vernon & Broadway
Cloverlawn & Pierson
Arlington & Bennet
Franklin & dakota
occupied home on Westmoreland
Johnson School was broken into and police captured
100 BLOCK EAST GRACELAWN- HOME INVASION
female killed/ male shot
house set on fire
FOREST HILL & DARTMOUTH (2 blocks east of Clio)
female in a vehicle going Eastbound was shot in the head
Same store on Flushing by Milbourne where man was killed several days ago, 3 black males with weapons attemped to enter a man's car.
Mt Morris Township home invasion in 3000 block of Hobson
2 b/m headed sb on Hunter were apprehended by police at Hunter & Gracelawn-suspects driving a van stolen the night before.
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Woman in Flint shoots at two suspects breaking into her home
By Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com
on November 11, 2012 at 10:30 AM, updated November 11, 2012 at 10:54 AM
FLINT, MI -- Police arrested two men who broke into a Kentucky Avenue home Friday and were shot at by the female homeowner.
Officers were called around 9 a.m. to the 1000 block of Kentucky and told by the woman that two men forced their way into her home, according to a police report.
The woman then fired shots at the suspects and believed she may have wounded one of the two men.
Two male suspects were later arrested in connection with the incident. One man was lodged in the City of Flint jail, while a second man was released for medical treatment.
The police report did not state if the treatment was for a gunshot wound or another issue.
Note: According to FPO, another call was received in the vicinity of a gunshot wound and that led to the arrest.
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Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:56 pm |
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One person in good condition following stabbing in Flint
By Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com
on November 11, 2012 at 12:00 PM
FLINT, MI -- One person is in good condition after being stabbed early Saturday morning on Copeman Boulevard.
Police were called to the 2000 block of Copeman shortly after 1 a.m. in reference to a stabbing incident, according to a police report.
The victim was transported to Hurley Medical Center and listed in good condition.
Police have made an arrest in connection to the case. |
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Mon Nov 12, 2012 12:02 am |
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Two homes struck with bullets on same day; no one injured during shooting incidents
By Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com
on November 11, 2012 at 5:30 PM, updated November 11, 2012 at 5:33 PM
FLINT, MI -- No one was injured after bullets struck homes Nov. 8 on West MClellan and Prospect streets, according to police reports.
The first shooting incident occurred around 3 p.m. in the 200 block of West McClellan, where a 40-year-old female told police she found bullet hole damage to her front door and two walls of the home.
A bullet slug was recovered from inside the home, while shell casings were also found in the driveway. A 33-year-old man home at the time of the incident was not injured.
Police were later called the same day to a home in the 3000 block of Prospect for shots fired into an occupied dwelling.
Officers spoke with a 44-year-old man who lives in the neighborhood who told them he heard five shots fired outside the home around 10:15 p.m. and discovered bullet holes to his occupied rental property next door.
Three people inside rental property -- a 43-year-old man, 41-year-old woman and 8-year-old girl -- were not injured during the shooting.
No arrests have been made in either shooting incident, and police have no suspects. |
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Mon Nov 12, 2012 12:06 am |
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Woman shot and killed in Flint identified as Mauricia Christensen
By David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com
on November 12, 2012 at 9:10 AM
A Flint police vehicle shines light on the street in front of an East Gracelawn Avenue home late Sunday night following the city's latest homicide. Roberto Acosta | MLive.com
FLINT, MI -- Police have identified the woman who was shot to death Sunday night as 21-year-old Mauricia D. Christensen.
Police were called just before 9 p.m. Sunday to a home on Gracelawn near King Avenue for a shooting. Christensen was driven to Hurley with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at about 11:15 p.m., according to a press release.
No other details were given out.
At the scene police said they were hearing "three or four different stories."
Christensen is the 61 homicide of the year, matching the second highest total ever in the city. The high mark of 66 was set in 2010. |
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Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:56 pm |
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Man found shot to death, Flint's 62nd homicide of the year
Dominic Adams | dadams5@mlive.com By Dominic Adams | dadams5@mlive.com
on November 13, 2012 at 11:46 PM, updated November 14, 2012 at 7:56 AM
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FLINT, MI -- Flint police are investigating a homicide after finding a man shot to death at Chippewa and Warren streets.
Police do not know the man's identity, but believe he is approximately 25-years-old.
The man's body was found about 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13.
It is the 62nd homicide in Flint this year. |
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Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
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Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:05 am |
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Dave-did you notice how the map with pins indicating murders had the majority going down the center of Flint and on either side of M L King.
Yet the houses to be demolished are in the Pierson area and the NE quadrant.
Appeasin the 2 main religious factions?
FACT and the CPSA
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Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:38 am |
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Woman in good condition after getting shot in head on Flint's northwest side
By Dominic Adams | dadams5@mlive.com
on November 13, 2012 at 8:04 PM, updated November 14, 2012 at 12:03 AM
FLINT, MI – A woman was shot in the head Sunday when the car she was riding in was shot up on Flint's northwest side, police said.
A man was driving a vehicle east in the 2000 block of East Dartmouth Street, was approaching a stop sign near Seneca Street about 8:25 p.m. and head six or seven shots, Flint police said.
The man yelled for his mother to get down as the vehicle was being shot, but the woman was shot in the back of the head before she could get down, the report said.
Police said the woman suffered minor injuries from the bullet and broken glass shards.
The woman was in good condition at the hospital and police did not have any suspect information.
Dominic Adams is a police reporter for The Flint Journal. Contact him at dadams5@mlive.com or 810-241-8803. Follow him on Twitter or Facebook
Once again - a shooting on Seneca which is a recent hot spot! Yet Brown and Kurtz chose Pierson Rd and the Northeast to demolish houses. Merril Hood? |
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Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:06 am |
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| thats because they are doing demos in the wrong areas of the city how about doing demos in the areas of the city that actually really need them the most and dont get me started on the citys demolition efforts |
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