Man charged with murder in Detroit-area hotel shooting

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A person accused of killing a suburban Detroit resort worker and barricading himself in a room for hours was charged Sunday with homicide and different crimes.

Reichsrd Williams-Lewis, 34, was denied bond throughout an look in courtroom.

He’s accused of fatally taking pictures a 55-year-old worker on the third ground of a Hampton Inn in Dearborn, Michigan. Williams-Lewis additionally shot at one other worker Thursday, putting an workplace door on the primary ground, and pointed a rifle at a visitor and one other employee, in accordance with the prosecutor’s workplace.

In courtroom, police mentioned the incident started when Williams-Lewis, 37, was confronted by workers for being loud and disturbing different friends.

Williams-Lewis, who was instructed to depart the resort, fatally shot an worker who rode an elevator to the third ground to examine his co-workers, mentioned Cpl. Nicholas Damphousse.

“The proof is that this case is alarming,” prosecutor Kym Worthy mentioned. “We now have lengthy discovered that no place is sacred in the case of gun violence. Not church buildings, not film theaters, not grocery shops or motels.”

It wasn’t instantly identified if Williams-Lewis has a lawyer who might touch upon the allegations.

The resort and surrounding companies had been evacuated for hours Thursday whereas police, with assist from a lawyer, persuaded Williams-Lewis to peacefully hand over.

Gabi Silver mentioned Williams-Lewis requested for her, though she would not know him.

“I simply stored saying the identical factor again and again, speaking to him about his household, telling him he wouldn’t get damage if he surrendered,” Silver instructed The Detroit Information.

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This story has been corrected to point out the primary identify of Williams-Lewis is Reichsrd.

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