Third person charged in death of Battle Creek 17-year-old
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — A third person has been charged in the shooting death of a Battle Creek Central High School senior during a carjacking.
Marcus Parsons, 20, was charged Tuesday with felony murder. He was arraigned over Zoom from the Calhoun County jail. A not guilty plea was entered, which is standard, and bond was denied.
Parsons was arrested Monday at a home on Tennyson Avenue near Capital Avenue SW, according to the Battle Creek Police Department. In asking the court to deny bond, Calhoun County Prosecutor David Gilbert said Parsons could be a flight risk.
'It appears that he was apprehended by the use of a K-9,' Gilbert said. 'He was hiding in an attic at the time that he was placed under arrest.'
BCPD: Teen killed after offering suspects ride home
Parsons is not accused of being present during the carjacking and shooting, but investigators believe he was involved in asking a teenager to steal a car in exchange for money, court documents indicate.
The shooting happened in February 2023. The victim, 17-year-old Jack Snyder, asked two teens if they needed a ride home because of the cold temperatures that night. The teens — identified as Justice Chimner and Dewond Estes, who were 14 and 13 at the time — accepted. The pair tried to carjack Snyder's vehicle. Court documents say Snyder resisted, and Chimner shot and killed Snyder.
Chimner and Estes were arrested within days. Chimner to felony murder and Estes to carjacking.
Teen pleads to felony murder after 17-year-old killed during carjacking
According to a probable cause affidavit, Chimner told police that earlier on the day of the shooting, he was contacted by someone and was asked to steal a car in exchange for money. Detectives traced the Snapchat account to Parsons, the affidavit says.
Parsons admitted that the account was his and that it was used to contact Chimner, according to the document.
'Parsons admitted to being present during the conversation about the carjacking and believed that Chimner had a gun that he had taken from his mother,' the affidavit says. 'Parsons stated a friend had this conversation using his account.'
Both Chimner and Estes told police that Parsons was the only other person present during the conversation, according to the affidavit.
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