WCHBNewsDetroit - WCHB 1200 » Tarranisha Davis http://wchbnewsdetroit.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:55:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 WCHBNewsDetroit - WCHB 1200http://your-img-here.com/http://wchbnewsdetroit.com Mom Drove Teen to Community Center to Shoot another Teen; Innocent Youth Murdered, Mother and Son Charged with 2nd Degree Murder http://wchbnewsdetroit.com/videos/angelohenderson/mom-drove-teen-to-community-center-to-shoot-another-teen-innocent-youth-murdered-mother-and-son-charged-with-2nd-degree-murder/ http://wchbnewsdetroit.com/videos/angelohenderson/mom-drove-teen-to-community-center-to-shoot-another-teen-innocent-youth-murdered-mother-and-son-charged-with-2nd-degree-murder/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:12:37 +0000 Angelo Henderson http://wchbnewsdetroit.com/?p=186911 Mom Drove Teen to Community Center to Shoot another Teen; Innocent Youth Murdered, Mother and Son Charged with 2nd Degree Murder DETROIT -- A Detroit teen was found guilty of second-degree murder for a fatal shooting that occurred outside a city recreation center. Tremaine Davis’ conviction comes one day after his mother, Tarranisha Davis, was found guilty of second-degree murder as well. Prosecutors said 35-year-old Davis drove her son to the Considine Little Rock Family Life Center on Oct. 8 and opened the hood of her vehicle where he then retr... Read more..]]>
DETROIT — A Detroit teen was found guilty of second-degree murder for a fatal shooting that occurred outside a city recreation center.

Tremaine Davis’ conviction comes one day after his mother, Tarranisha Davis, was found guilty of second-degree murder as well.

Prosecutors said 35-year-old Davis drove her son to the Considine Little Rock Family Life Center on Oct. 8 and opened the hood of her vehicle where he then retrieved a hidden revolver.

Four shots were fired and one struck 19-year-old Demitry Jackson in the head, killing him.

Prosecutors said Jackson was an innocent bystander who had gone to the center to play basketball.

A jury found Tarranisha Davis guilty, but her son underwent a bench trial before Wayne County Circuit Court Daniel Ryan.

During opening statements, it was argued that Tarranisha Davis’ actions directly influenced Jackson’s death.

“She made her son come back to the scene, she armed him, she prodded him,” prosecutor Lisa Lindsey said. “Just like a gun when you pull the trigger, he fired.”

Investigators said they believe Tremaine Davis has been involved in a fight at the center earlier in the day, and had been punched in the face.

Gas station surveillance showing Tarranisha Davis’ vehicle at the scene of the shooting was showed in court.

The first witness called to the stand was Jackson’s father, who broke down in tears as he described his experience of identifying his son at the morgue.

The defense argued that there was plenty of unreasonable doubt regarding Tarranisha Davis’ intent in her actions, in addition to a lack of evidence and testimony.

“It is so salacious, it’s so titillating to say a mother and a son committed a crime that it turns people off immediately,” said defense attorney Lillian Diallo. “If you dislike her, I’m sorry, but you should be fair and listen to the evidence.”

Both mother and son are scheduled to be sentenced in early March.

Source: clickondetroit.com

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A week ago today, the mother of a 15-year-old Detroit boy pulled her van in front of a family rec center, then popped the hood latch from inside so her son could retrieve a .32 revolver stashed within.

The teen apparently missed his intended target from an earlier argument but fatally shot a bystander in the head. He jumped back into the van, and his mother sped off.

“I don’t know how we can expect our youth to stay out of violent crime if we have their parents assisting them in that endeavor,” Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Wednesday as she described what police said happened and announced murder charges against Tarranisha Davis, 35, and her son, Tremaine Davis.

Investigators say Tremaine Davis was involved in an argument earlier Oct. 8 at the Considine Little Rock Family Center at 8904 Woodward. Tarranisha Davis, who had been at a gas station across the street, drove over to the center, Worthy said.

“The evidence in this case will show you cannot unlatch the hood unless it is unlatched from the inside” of the van, Worthy said.

Four bullets were fired outside the rec center just before 4 p.m. Dmitri Jackson, 19, whom Worthy said was not the intended target, died.

“I’ve never ever seen him upset, but he was always ready with a joke,” Shavonne Smith, director of Jackson’s school, which is across the street from the rec center, said about her student.

Detroit Public Schools sent counselors to Riverside Preparatory Academy to help the 100 students grieve.

Standing silently in 36th District Court at his arraignment Wednesday, Tremaine Davis was remanded to custody without bail, pending a hearing Nov. 6. Worthy intends to prosecute him as an adult. His mother is expected to be arraigned today.

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