Your dog gets to wear the grillz too.
Why should you get to wear all the gold and ice?
Posted on 02/07/2009 1:28:04 PM PST by Drew68
Omaha police and the Douglas County Attorney's Office are investigating whether the shooting deaths of two people Tuesday night were justified.
A 16-year-old boy, who told his family that he was going to pick up a mouth grill he had ordered with Christmas money, was one of the two killed inside an Omaha business, relatives said Wednesday. Marcel Davis, a Northwest High School sophomore, had planned to wear his new grill at a funeral Wednesday, a great-aunt said.
Instead, the family is mourning his death after police confirmed what relatives already knew: Davis was shot to death at the Midwest Grillz & Jewelry store just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Also killed at the store was William J. "Willie" Wakefield, 29, police said. Davis' great-aunt said her nephew had gone to Midwest Grillz with an older friend. It wasn't immediately clear whether Wakefield was that friend.
A third person was treated at Creighton University Medical Center for a gunshot wound suffered at Midwest Grillz, 6209 Ames Ave. Brandon Boyce, 22, of Omaha walked into the hospital about a half-hour after the shooting.
Police would not say what connection any of the three might have had to the shooting. Officers also would not give details about what happened inside the store. Police said they were seeking no suspects and had made no arrests.
When asked, Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine confirmed that the shooter was Andre McKesson, 24, owner of Midwest Grillz. His sister, Precious McKesson, said he is not a violent person and was taking the shooting "very hard."
Kleine said the investigation centers on whether the shootings were justified. He said more information probably would be made public today.
"At this time the (McKesson) family would like to send our thoughts and prayers to all families involved in this tragedy," Precious McKesson said in a statement.
She said that in the days before the shooting, the people who were shot had been asking others at a neighboring business where McKesson was and what kind of car he drove. She said her brother's phone had been turned off by the phone company. After it was turned back on Tuesday night, she said, he called customers, including the shooting victims, to say he had their grills.
Davis' great-aunt, Marilyn Kyles, one of several family members who gathered in the cold at 63rd Street and Ames Avenue on Wednesday, said her nephew and his friend had ordered metal grills to adorn their teeth.
Davis had called several times to see if his was ready, and each time was told no, his great-aunt said. Tuesday, the owner of Midwest Grillz called repeatedly to tell Davis to come by for his grill. She estimated that her nephew received a final call about 8:30 p.m.
Her nephew, she said, planned to wear it to the funeral of a man who was killed while committing a robbery a couple of weeks ago.
Kyles said her nephew would not have been part of a robbery. He had been in trouble, she said, but he didn't rob.
In November 2007, Davis was shot in the leg by an Omaha police officer. Davis had run when police stopped a car in which he was riding. The officer said he fired after the youth turned and pointed a gun at him. A loaded 9 mm handgun, which turned out to have been stolen, was found at the scene.
Davis initially was charged as an adult with assault on a police officer, use of a firearm to commit a felony and possession of a stolen firearm. The case later was moved to juvenile court.
After his release from Douglas County Youth Detention Center, Davis enrolled at Northwest High, according to Omaha Public Schools records. He had been a student there for only a few weeks.
Wakefield was in and out of the criminal justice system dozens of times on an array of charges, ranging from traffic infractions to assault and robbery, according to court records.
Andre McKesson has been arrested several times, accused of misdemeanors — from marijuana possession to driving under suspension.
Tuesday, Omaha police responded at 10:25 p.m. to reports of a robbery and shooting. They found two people who had been hit by gunfire, said Officer Michael Pecha, a police spokesman. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
Kleine said at least two guns were recovered from the scene.
LOL!!
It's a good thing the store wasn't in New Jersey. The bayonet lug makes the SKS an assault rifle here. Can't have anyone defending their lives with an illegal weapon...even if it's an old Russkie semi-auto.
Yoyoyo hit da DogGrillz at da bottom!
. . . I truly had no idea this existed.
Now I'm wondering if the vendors accept food stamps or if they are in line for bailout assistance.
A guy who can take out three of them and remain unscathed.
Yeah, and I expect everything was on a cash basis. No credit cards. No checks.
No...they probably took credit cards. Just wait till a bunch of white guys from Phoenix see the charges on their statements from Da Hoopdi Grillz Boteek.
I’m SHOCKED that people with names like Marcel, Precious, “Willie”, and Andre could be involved in a shooting just trying to conduct business at their friendly local “Mouth Grill” shop.”
I notice that all the females connected to this mess are suffering from the syndrome known as “DENIAL”.
Their boys never are in any kind of ‘trouble’....just bein’ boys...... These women are the enabler’s of each and every one of these punks, IMO.
***Kleine says McKesson returned fire with an SKS rifle; getting off more than a dozen shots. ***
SKS modified for magazine?
15 years ago gangsta’s were getting jeweled “fangs”.
Yeah, but at least he looked like he was trying to run a business
Quite possibly, can’t draw any conclusions about what type of business it really was from the story but it seemed to cater to a less than desirable clientele”
OTOH- This ‘business’ might have been a front for more dangerous activity.
“Kleine says McKesson returned fire with an SKS rifle...”
Well at least he used “enough gun.”
Why was my first thought that those bright bling teeth would be a perfect target for the cops on a dark night????
Hmmm... If that was an SKS, it was either modified or he reloaded.
Your dog gets to wear the grillz too.
Why should you get to wear all the gold and ice?
Cynthia McKinney’s involved here, too? She’s Irish ain’t she?
But I agree with you.
I would also avoid any place with an abundance of "Z's" at the end of business names.
Personally, I'm pretty sure I'm in a safe area if all of the public basketball courts are EMPTY. :)
Oh yeah, don’t get me wrong, it’s funny because it’s SO extreme.
I thought the third or fourth line in the story about him needing it for a funeral was the quotable line, but that got blown away (*cough*) by the very appropriately boldfaced highlights that just drew more of a cariacture
with each sentence.
One would have no doubt whatsoever as to how the victims were dressed, how they walked into the store, what kind of car they were driving, what music was playing in that car, and at what volume, etc.
"It bees like Spinnaz fo' yo mouf"?
The designer of this poster obviuosly needs the book, "Ebonics for Honkies".
GOT to be a bloody Englishman with a mouth like THAT!
I’m glad I don’t have to investigate this one. I’m somewhat surprised anybody saw anything. Whenever I came up on something like a shooting in a bar, fifty people were in a one stall bathroom and nobody saw or heard anything.
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