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An Execution Plan At Funeral?
posted (May 9, 2014)
24 year old Julian Willoughby was killed a week ago and his funeral was held at today. But it had to be done with a full deployment of police officers. That's because his killing was gang related - and there were security concerns that the presence of Willoughby's relatives and associates in one place could trigger another retaliation. Well, there almost was one! 7News has confirmed that police found a sawed-off shotgun in the yard of the church when the funeral was about to start. Alert officers focused on a male who was standing to one side and the gun fell out of his pants leg when he stepped back.

Street reports suggested that there may have been another gunman who escaped but police say they didn't observe anything else unusual. It's not clear why the man was carrying a prohibited firearm at a funeral - but he has been detained and will be charged.

With that the funeral proceeded in the presence of no less than 12 police officers and two mobiles. It finished without incident.

But there was a shooting around 5:00 pm on Antelope Street. You may recall that Willoughby was killed on Antelope Street Extension. Well, this shooting happened at the other side of the street,. One man was injured and he is being treated at the KHMH.

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