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Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Charles Deandre Carter, 47, of Detroit, in connection with the fatal shooting of Luzell Etheridge, 46, of Detroit, and the non-fatal shootings of a 49-year-old woman of Eastpointe, a 31-year-old man, of Southfield, a 56-year-old man, and a 31-year-old woman, both of Detroit.

On May 20, 2024, at approximately 12:13 a.m., Detroit police officers were dispatched to a residence in the 17000 block of Ohio Street for a reported shooting. Upon their arrival, officers located Mr. Etheridge lying on the sidewalk in front of home, deceased, with a gunshot wound to the chest. The non-fatal victims were privately transported to a local hospital for treatment.

It is alleged that during a verbal altercation between the defendant and multiple people, Defendant Carter produced and fired a handgun multiple times, fatally wounding Mr. Etheridge, and non-fatally wounding the four remaining victims.

Charles Deandre Carter has been charged with Second-Degree Murder, four counts of Assault with Intent to Murder, and five counts of Felony Firearm.*

He was arraigned and remanded to jail on May 22, 2024, before Magistrate Laura Echartea in 36th District Court . The Probable Cause Conference is scheduled for May 29, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., and the Preliminary Examination is scheduled for June 4, 2024, at 8:45 a.m., before Judge Kenneth King.

*The charges are allegations and defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

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