Arrest Made In Bus Stop Shooting
A second person has been arrested in the case of a Detroit bus stop shooting that took place more than a year ago.
Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans announced Sunday that 18-year-old Jeffrey "Shug" Brooks was arraigned on various counts, including seven counts of assault with intent to murder.
On Thursday, Detroit Police arrested Brooks at a youth detention camp in central Michigan to which he had been sentenced for an unrelated incident and was about to be released. Investigators submitted a warrant request to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.
Brooks is allegedly one of the masked gunmen who opened fire at a crowded bus stop in front of Cody 9th Grade Academy on the afternoon of June 30, 2009 at the bus stop in front of Cody 9th Grade Academy. Seven students were injured.
Investigators believe the shooting was in retaliation to a gang related fight that occurred the day before and allegedly involved one of the gunmen, who police say then recruited his two accomplices.
The arrest of Brooks is the second arrest this week related to the bus stop shooting. Demetrius Hinton, 20, turned himself in Monday afternoon to Detroit Police. While Hinton was wanted for a combination fatal & non-fatal shooting unrelated to the Cody incident, he is considered a person of interest in that case.
However, Chief Evans declined to say whether he thought that Hinton could now be charged in connection with the Cody shooting.
"We have identified and charged only one of the suspected shooters in that case at this point and it remains a very active and open investigation," Chief Evans said in a statement. "We expect to bring this case to full closure eventually."
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