Last week Thursday, 7News told you about 54 year-old Dennis Williams, the man who was killed at his workplace Three Stars Quality Chicken when he tried to foil a robbery. Well tonight, the men who police believe were the assailants are in prison after they were taken to?court.
They are 18 year-old Stephan Jenkins, a resident of Cemetery Road and 18 year-old Ashton Thompson, a resident of Mayflower Street.
As we reported, Williams was working when 4 men entered the compound and tried to rob the place. He fought with one of the armed men, but Williams ended up getting shot.
The police quickly responded and caught Thompson and Jenkins in the general area. They also recovered a black Taurus brand 9mm pistol which was loaded with 3 live rounds ammunition, which they believe was the murder weapon.
Thompson and Jenkins were arrested and charged with murder and Thompson was additionally charged with keeping an unlicensed firearm and keeping unlicensed ammunition.
Both men were arraigned today before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. They were remanded to prison until December 13.
But, that's police's version of the events that implicated these men.
We also showed you that upset parent of Thompson who alleged that police grabbed her son, who she says is an innocent bystander, while he was in the area conducting business for her.
For balance, we'll revisit what she told us.
Voice of: Mother of Suspect #1 - Claims Her Son Is Innocent
"During the occasions where we heard some gun fires a little bit after we send our son to buy food and apparently when he was walking they grab him thinking that he was one of the suspect in the shooting for some business man around Vernon Street. People are saying that he was beaten severely and they had his face in the ground. From my point of view he had just left home after the shooting."
Daniel Ortiz
"The police are now labeling him, he is suspect number one because he was caught on the scene which is not looking for you son."
Voice of: Mother of Suspect #1 - Claims Her Son Is Innocent
"The only next step I can do is to get a lawyer to prove his innocence because what is happening these days is so wrong. Information that we receives is that two of the suspect that actually did it got away and there are people getting pick up for the shooting because they are like passersby."
Daniel Ortiz
"And you are you willing to vouch for your son 100% that he was just in this area conducting business for you?"
Voice of: Mother of Suspect #1 - Claims Her Son Is Innocent
"Definitely and the family."
Both accused graduated together from Gwen Liz High and admitted in court that they knew each other.
So, while that parent made those comments, the GSU maintain that these men are members of the Ghost Town Crips Gang.
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