Whitey Ford
09-06-2022, 06:04 PM
Teenager charged with cemetery shooting, police say it was gang-related
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The 19-year-old charged with 49 felonies related to the June 2 shooting at Graceland Cemetery during the funeral for Da’Shontay King is allegedly affiliated with a rival gang of the one King reportedly belonged to.
Lamarion Blair was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with 23 felony counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety as a party to a crime, 25 felony counts of bail jumping, and one felony count of possession of a firearm by an adjudicated juvenile. If convicted, he faces the rest of his life behind bars; up to 447-1/2 years in prison or up to $850,000 in fines.
King was shot and killed by Racine police officer Zachary Brenner on May 20 after a foot pursuit that started as a traffic stop. On June 2, a large group of mourners gathered for King’s funeral at Graceland Cemetery when multiple shots were fired into the crowd. Two women were wounded, one seriously, and required surgery. Brenner was not charged in King’s death.
According to the criminal complaint, witnesses at King’s funeral saw a black, Chevy Equinox stopped in the 600 block of Lathrop Avenue with one person sitting inside and one person standing outside the vehicle firing at King’s family and friends inside the cemetery. The car was later traced to multiple calls for shots fired in the 2800 block of Wright Avenue where the individuals from the Equinox were involved in a shootout with individuals in two other vehicles.
Video surveillance from the area of the Wright Avenue incident shows the occupants—one of whom was identified as Blair—from the Equinox fled after shots were fired and hid in the backyard of a home, the complaint continues. Blair is a known member of the Northside for Life (NFL) gang that police have categorized as “a younger, more violent offshoot of the Vice Lords.” King was a known member of the 12th Street Gangster Disciples.
The shootings appear to be linked to the Sept. 3, 2021, shooting death of Jayden Cronin, 17, the complaint continues. He was shot in the head walking home from a football game at Horlick Field with his hand in his pocket where a gun was found, according to a story on FOX 6 News. Granados’ cousin, Sincero Granados, now 15, has been charged with Cronin’s homicide, and his mother was charged with trying to hide him from authorities. Cronin’s siblings are members of the NLF’s rival, the Dirty P gang.
https://racinecountyeye.com/teenager-cemetery-shooting-police-gang-related/
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The 19-year-old charged with 49 felonies related to the June 2 shooting at Graceland Cemetery during the funeral for Da’Shontay King is allegedly affiliated with a rival gang of the one King reportedly belonged to.
Lamarion Blair was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with 23 felony counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety as a party to a crime, 25 felony counts of bail jumping, and one felony count of possession of a firearm by an adjudicated juvenile. If convicted, he faces the rest of his life behind bars; up to 447-1/2 years in prison or up to $850,000 in fines.
King was shot and killed by Racine police officer Zachary Brenner on May 20 after a foot pursuit that started as a traffic stop. On June 2, a large group of mourners gathered for King’s funeral at Graceland Cemetery when multiple shots were fired into the crowd. Two women were wounded, one seriously, and required surgery. Brenner was not charged in King’s death.
According to the criminal complaint, witnesses at King’s funeral saw a black, Chevy Equinox stopped in the 600 block of Lathrop Avenue with one person sitting inside and one person standing outside the vehicle firing at King’s family and friends inside the cemetery. The car was later traced to multiple calls for shots fired in the 2800 block of Wright Avenue where the individuals from the Equinox were involved in a shootout with individuals in two other vehicles.
Video surveillance from the area of the Wright Avenue incident shows the occupants—one of whom was identified as Blair—from the Equinox fled after shots were fired and hid in the backyard of a home, the complaint continues. Blair is a known member of the Northside for Life (NFL) gang that police have categorized as “a younger, more violent offshoot of the Vice Lords.” King was a known member of the 12th Street Gangster Disciples.
The shootings appear to be linked to the Sept. 3, 2021, shooting death of Jayden Cronin, 17, the complaint continues. He was shot in the head walking home from a football game at Horlick Field with his hand in his pocket where a gun was found, according to a story on FOX 6 News. Granados’ cousin, Sincero Granados, now 15, has been charged with Cronin’s homicide, and his mother was charged with trying to hide him from authorities. Cronin’s siblings are members of the NLF’s rival, the Dirty P gang.
https://racinecountyeye.com/teenager-cemetery-shooting-police-gang-related/