DETROIT – Jevonte Cassidy Doakes, 33, of Detroit, was sentenced to 110 months in federal prison for shooting into his ex-girlfriend’s home in May 2024 while his own child was inside.
In May 2024, Doakes fired 24 shots into his ex-girlfriend’s home, where she and her family, including his 6-year-old daughter, were sleeping.
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One bullet struck a closet door in the child’s bedroom, and another went through a couch beside where other children slept.
A few hours after the shooting, Doakes called his ex-girlfriend, saying, “B@%^!, you still alive?” before hanging up.
Fired casings from the May 2024 shooting matched those from other recent shootings, including a felonious assault in River Rouge, prompting the ATF to investigate Doakes.
Agents executed search warrants at Doakes’s house and a nearby flop house where he kept some of his guns.
They found seven guns, including two machine guns, between the two houses.
One of the machine guns matched the casings from the May 2024 shooting into his ex-girlfriend’s home.
Doakes and Joshua Griggs, 21, of Detroit, were arrested.
Griggs, who was caught on video holding another gun at the house while on probation, was sentenced to 24 months in prison in August 2025 for receipt of a firearm while under indictment.