It's a quadruple shooting that sent shockwaves throughout Detroit's West
side and tonight the suspect facing a judge via video
conference.
This was a totally vicious,
uncalled for, an unhinged attack on the community members in
that park.
That night, 17 year old Alvin Noble answering 4 counts
of assault with intent to murder and related charges in
a video arraignment for a shooting that wounded four people
at Stein Park on Detroit's West side just over a
week ago.
One shot struck a three-year old child.
Nearby, a six year old child.
Nearby, a pregnant 18 year old woman was struck and
a woman,
another 18 year old woman,
was struck in the face.
Prosecutors say the gunfire was the result of a fight
that broke out between the suspect's sister and one of
the victims at the park.
Investigators say once the fight happened,
Noble's sister called him over,
with him arriving carrying a gun.
Sources say words were exchanged and then shots rang out
hitting the victims,
some of the drama being linked to what prosecutors call
an unstable life at home with Noble allegedly making plans
to leave for Seattle.
At the time of his arrest,
the defendant was seen leaving his house with a double
bag and a packed backpack.
And further, the defendant, who is 17 years old,
did admit to unlawfully possessing a firearm for at least
two years.
I'm totally upset about every last bit of it,
Detroit community activist Pastor Maurice Hardwick,
also known as Pastor Moe,
says. What happened in this case is all too common
with young people picking up the phone to settle a
beef with a gun.
Young man, do not accept a phone call like this.
If they can't call you over to when they got
their paycheck,
don't get called over to a beef.
They don't call you when they going shopping or when
they going to get a new car,
they got a new a new job lead or a
new business.
They call you over to come over here and slide
for the beef and leaving you now in the world
of trouble.
Prosecutors say three of the victims were innocent bystanders who
had nothing to do with the beef that sparked the
shooting.
Police made it clear no one else was in danger
that day.
I wanted the community to know that no one else
is at risk.
When you get a quadruple shooting,
you get a lot of calls and people saying what's
going on with the arrest.
Is anybody in custody. We're told the victims are expected
to be OK,
at least physically, from this ordeal.
The other charges that nobles facing 4 counts of assault
with intent to do great bodily harm,
1 count of carrying a weapon with unlawful intent,
1 count of carrying a concealed weapon and 9 counts
of felony firearm.
His bond was set at $500,000 cash at Detroit Police
headquarters.
Dave Kinchen on the edge.