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On January 27, 2022, Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged Dvante Antioni Howard, 24, of Detroit, in connection with the fatal shooting of Behnam Rasho, 64, also of Detroit.

On January 17, 2022, at approximately 9:16 p.m., Detroit police officers were dispatched to a liquor store in the 20440 block of James Couzens Freeway in Detroit for a reported shooting. Upon their arrival, officers located Mr. Rasho inside with multiple gunshot wounds. Medics arrived on the scene and pronounced the victim deceased. The defendant entered the store and fired a handgun, fatally wounding the victim, before robbing the store and fleeing the scene.

On January 27, 2022, Howard was arraigned on one count of Felony Murder, two counts of Armed Robbery, one count of Assault with Intent to Murder, and four counts of Felony Firearm. On July 24, 2023, a jury found Howard guilty of Felony Murder, two counts of Armed Robbery, and three counts of Felony Firearm. Yesterday, Defendant Howard was sentenced by Judge Kevin Cox on one count of Felony Murder to life without parole, on two counts of Armed Robbery to 25 to 50 years, and on three counts of Felony Firearm to two years to be served consecutive in the Michigan Department of Corrections.

Defendant Howard is also charged in connection with a separate robbery case. On December 31, 2021, at approximately 6:40 a.m., at a gas station in the 20250 block of James Couzens Freeway, it is alleged that the defendant produced a handgun and robbed and assaulted the gas station clerk, before fleeing the scene.

Howard was charged with one count of Armed Robbery Causing Serious Injury, one count of Assault with Intent to do Great Bodily Harm, and two counts of Felony Firearm. * His next court date is a jury trial scheduled for August 28, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., before Judge Kevin Cox.

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

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