Elkins' older sister said her family knows he wasn't involved in the shooting.
'My brother wasn't anywhere near that area as far as we know – not the scene or the shooting,' she said Saturday. She said she didn't know whether Elkins had a lawyer.
He couldn't have done that to a little baby," she said. "My brother has a good heart.
Anyone here shocked or surprised?? I had trouble sleeping last night after hearing about this story!! That baby looks like my youngest son. The grief the mother is experiencing must be unimaginable.
Well then where was he at 9:15 on a school day???
Were you having breakfast with him as you claim you do every day.
Surely the police checked his hands for gun powder residue but of course since they had to first rule her out as a subject they didn't get serious until 24 hours later.
Here we go from Yahoo:
Police announced the arrests of Elkins and the 14-year-old Friday afternoon. But Katrina Freeman, Elkins’ aunt, said Saturday that he couldn’t be the killer because the two were together at the time of the shooting.
Freeman said Elkins dropped by her home about 8:15 a.m. — roughly an hour before the shooting — and she cooked them grits, eggs and sausage for breakfast.
They stayed at her home until about 11 a.m., Freeman said, and then Elkins accompanied her and her children on some errands for about an hour. After noon, he left for classes he’s taking to earn his GED, she said.
“He was with us the whole time,” said Freeman, adding that she gave police the same account of her nephew’s whereabouts. “There is no doubt in my mind that he is innocent.”
Brunswick police have said little about what evidence led them to Elkins or the younger suspect. Police spokesman Todd Rhodes said Saturday that he’s not surprised Elkins’ aunt would try to protect him.
“That’s what she’s saying, but the evidence we’re looking at says something else,” Rhodes said. He would not elaborate. He said investigators still can’t say what motivated the shootings.
I’ll bet she is on the phone with Al Sharpton and the Just Us Brothers right now ——