Woman charged with murder in shooting on Detroit's east side; driver charged with accessory

DETROIT – A 27-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man were charged Wednesday in connection to a fatal shooting over the weekend on Detroit's east side.

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Menayetta Yeager, of Detroit, was charged with first-degree murder and felony firearms violations.

Labarren Borom, also of Detroit, is believed to be the driver of the vehicle shots were fired from and he was charged with accessory after the fact.

Police said a domestic situation Sunday morning at a Sunoco gas station and a man driving a white Ford Windstar was shot at about 1:30 a.m. near Mack Avenue and Seneca Street.

Multiple shots were fired. Jonte Maurice-Louis Brooks, 29, of Detroit, was killed.

According to authorities, Yeager fired shots from a truck driven by Borom.

Brooks was hit and continued to drive until he crashed the minivan into a tree at Greater Christ Baptist Church.

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Brooks was pronounced dead upon arrival at Detroit Receiving Hospital, police said.

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