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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Yahoo
Demonstrators hold vigil after deadly shooting outside Foot Locker in Eastpointe
The Brief Two weeks after a quadruple shooting left 2 dead outside a Foot Locker in Eastpointe, a vigil was held. Community and faith leaders gathered outside a church in nearby Harper Woods Friday. A walk was held down to the shooting scene with a vigil and plea to stop the violence was planned. HARPER WOODS, Mich. (FOX 2) - It has been two weeks since the deadly quadruple shooting. Violence has ramped up in the area near Eight Mile and Kelly. The backstory The Eastpointe shooting left two victims dead and two others wounded, with two suspects charged - Lakylia Taylor, 19, and Dejuan Jermaine Taylor, 21. On Friday community and religious leaders, and multiple police departments gathered for a community prayer walk in front of Rhema International Church in nearby Harper Woods. The shooting scene was sparked by two groups of people who got into an argument which police say escalated. Lakylia Taylor claimed self-defense but police and prosecutors say that was simply not the case. She is being held without bond at the Wayne County Jail. Meanwhile, another situation just six days later, right down the street from that Foot Locker, a man driving down the road in the middle of the day was shot. He is still listed in critical condition and survived that incident. It is not known if he was targeted or if this was some kind of random act. Bishop Eric Lloyd from Rhema International Church spoke about the rash of incidents. "We are coming together saying enough is enough," he said. "We are tired of the violence. We are tired of the shootings. We are tired of innocent people dying. We are tired even of the road rage. Enough is enough. "We are coming together as one unit for change." The march is expected to go down the street with police blocking traffic. The demonstrators plan to march down to outside the Foot Locker where a prayer vigil will be held.
CBS News
08-05-2025
- CBS News
Woman charged in fatal shooting at Eastpointe Foot Locker
A 19-year-old Detroit woman is facing multiple charges in connection with a shooting at an Easpointe, Michigan, Foot Locker that left two people dead. According to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, Lakylia Sheila Taylor is charged with second-degree homicide, assault with intent to murder, tampering with evidence, carrying a concealed weapon and two counts of felony firearm. Taylor was arraigned on Thursday and received a $2.5 million cash/surety bond with no 10%. Taylor's brother, Dejuan Taylor, was charged with tampering with evidence, firearms larceny, carrying a concealed weapon and larceny less than $200. He received a $250,000 cash/surety bond. Macomb County Prosecutor's Office Prosecutors say on May 3, Lakylia and Dejuan Taylor drove into the store's parking lot, got out of the car and walked over to a Jeep. One of the victims, Tyjaune Pierre Morris-Turner, got out of the Jeep with a gun and got into an argument with Dejuan Taylor. The argument turned into a physical altercation, and Lakylia Taylor allegedly went back to her car to grab a gun. Prosecutors say two other people, Steven Edward Gardin Jr. and Juvan Maurice Newman, got out of the Jeep to join in the fight, and Lakylia Taylor returned with the gun, firing shots. Lakylia Taylor told authorities that she shot and killed Newman, who was on top of Dejuan Taylor, and then shot Gardin and Morris-Turner as they were separating themselves from the fight. Gardin was also killed, and Morris-Turner and Dejuan Taylor were injured in the shooting. Prosecutors say the siblings left the scene. Lakylia Turner later turned herself in to police on May 5. "This was a senseless act of violence. Young lives are lost and ruined forever from this conduct. Self-defense of yourself and/or others is allowed, but street justice is never permissible. The Prosecutor's Office hopes this horrible event serves as a powerful reminder that such acts of violence will not be tolerated, and that lawful justice will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law," said Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido in a statement. A probable cause conference is scheduled for May 20, and a preliminary examination is scheduled for May 27. NOTE: The video above previously aired on May 3, 2025.
