tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post1639080966690578817..comments2024-03-29T06:02:28.844-04:00Comments on Nicholas Stix, Uncensored: The Family that Breaks into Cars Together Stays Together (in Jail, that is)Nicholashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12372393717833610657noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post-38960788871479267092017-07-10T17:40:15.803-04:002017-07-10T17:40:15.803-04:00GRAND RAPIDS MASS SHOOTING,IN OCT 2016 IS RESOLVED...GRAND RAPIDS MASS SHOOTING,IN OCT 2016 IS RESOLVED.<br />GRA:I posted this at the time it occurred.One of our bigger mass shootings--since Danzler 6 years ago.<br />GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — On the day his trial was scheduled to begin, a man admitted to a deadly shooting at a Grand Rapids strip mall in October.<br /><br />In Kent County Circuit Court Monday, Jokari Lowery pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and a felony firearm charge.<br /><br />Related Coverage<br /><br />1 dead, 8 hurt in shooting along 28th St. in Grand Rapids<br />GRPD: Surveillance video shows ‘chaos’ after shooting<br />Man charged with Oct. murder at 28th St. strip mall<br />Authorities say that on Oct. 9, 2016, he opened fire at a birthday party being held at a strip mall on 28th Street east of Kalamazoo Avenue. Nine people were shot. One of them, 21-year-old Juwan Boykin, was killed.<br /><br />Juwan Boykin<br />An undated courtesy photo of Juwan Boykin.<br />Lowery was arrested in late January in Grand Rapids and initially charged with four felony counts.<br /><br />Under the terms of the plea agreement reached on the day his trial would have started, the prosecutor recommended a 30-year prison sentence: 28 for the murder charge and two for the weapons charge.<br /><br />The judge is not bound to honor that recommendation at sentencing, which is scheduled for Aug. 17.<br />--GR AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com