Detroit Police arrest second suspect in barber shop shootings

Gunman opened fire on crowd at Detroit barber shop, killing 3 people and injuring 6 others

DETROIT – On Friday Detroit Police announced they had made a second arrest in connection with a deadly shooting at a Detroit barbershop Nov. 6.

There has been no word on what the person is being charged with involving the shootout in which three people were killed and six others wounded. Joezell Williams, 61, 29 year-old Bryian Williams, Joezell's nephew, and Kevin Perry, Joezell's stepson, all were killed.

Another person of interest, Larry O'Neil Walker II, was arrested just days after the shooting.

According to a criminal complaint, federal agents were tracking Walker in Rochester Hills based on information that he could be connected to the shooting at Al's Barber Shop on Detroit's east side.

While an agent was parked at an Outback Steakhouse on South Rochester Road, a blue Chrysler minivan approached the agent's car and tried to box it in when the agent began to drive

READ: Criminal complaint against Larry O'Neil Walker

The agent called for help and headed north on Rochester Road. The minivan's driver tried to ram the rear bumper of the agent's car, forcing the agent to speed up to 80 mph. The agent testified that the minivan tried to veer into him between six and eight times.

With the help of other agents, the minivan was eventually stopped near Rochester Road and South Street, although it continued to try to dodge the agents' vehicles by going in reverse.

The agent testified the driver yelled, "I don't (expletive) care if you are the police, no one chases my mamma."

The driver, later identified as Walker, was removed from the van by the agent and patted down for weapons. He was wearing a bullet proof vest, according to the complaint.

Walker is not charged directly with the shootings, which Detroit Police Chief James Craig has called "urban terrorism."

---Larry O'Neil Walker II

SPECIAL SECTION: Detroit Barber Shop Shooting


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