A possible cause convention is scheduled in a manslaughter circumstance involving two Pontiac gentlemen, exactly where 1 was shot dead subsequent an alleged assault by him in a advantage store.
Jaquan Kevante Whittaker
The alleged shooter, Jaquan Kevante Whittaker, 26, was arraigned Tuesday in 50th District Court docket and is to return June 24 for the meeting before Choose Ronda Gross.
Killed in the Oct. 22, 2020 incident was Keon Keith Johnson, 34. He was shot twice though in the Huron Liquor Shoppe and died the upcoming working day.
Protection attorney Paula Loftin instructed The Oakland Press late very last week that Whittaker would change himself in to the court docket and she would accompany him.
At arraignment, the judge launched Whittaker on a individual bond and electronic tether. No a single from the prosecutor’s workplace attended the arraignment, which was noted by the decide, Loftin claimed.
Resources allege Johnson was combative the day of the taking pictures subsequent the dying of his mother and that he experienced assaulted other people today prior to the incident at the store.
According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Place of work, shop surveillance video from the Huron Liquor Shoppe confirmed a individual, now determined as Whittaker, was acquiring merchandise at the retail outlet when the sufferer, now discovered as Johnson, walked in and began punching him continuously. A physical battle continued and the two remaining the look at of the digital camera. Shoppers can be noticed