Man sentenced to at least 70 years in prison in road rage shooting death of 3-year-old child in Detroit Christian ‘CJ’ Miller was shot and killed in December 2019
DETROIT – A man has been sentenced in connection with a road rage shooting that killed 3-year-old Christian “CJ” Miller.
CJ was strapped in a car seat in his godmother’s car when he was shot and killed. Prosecutors said the deadly shooting stemmed from road rage
The convicted shooter, Derrick Durham
The family was on their way to see Sesame Street Live at the Fox Theater in Detroit when CJ was killed. Michigan State Police said Durham fired at the vehicle on the Southfield Freeway in a fit of road rage.
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