Man sentenced to 6 months in jail 31 months after 20-year-old motorcyclist killed in Detroit

DETROIT – A person has been sentenced to 6 months in jail greater than two-and-a-half years after he was concerned in a crash that killed a 20-year-old motorcyclist in Detroit.

Ahmed Alawsi was using his bike in March 2020 on Warren Avenue in Detroit when Cleophas McGowan, 47, pulled into oncoming visitors. Attorneys mentioned the bike and the car collided, killing Alawsi instantly.

“He didn’t look to the left, didn’t look to the precise like he was alleged to,” Lawyer Majed Moughni mentioned. “He pulled proper into my consumer’s path. My consumer didn’t have an opportunity to react. He was killed immediately.”

Suhad Alaose, Alawsi’s mom, mentioned she and her youngsters left her dwelling in Iraq after a bombing in 2016.

“(I assumed), possibly I’ll lose my youngsters there,” Alaose mentioned. “So I made a decision after the bombs occurred, I made a decision to go away Iraq.”

She moved her household to Detroit’s west facet.

“I believe it’s secure for my youngsters, however I couldn’t consider I’d lose my son right here,” Alaose mentioned.

However for the previous two years, Alaose has wearing black. She mentioned she’s been in mourning since her son was killed.

Officers mentioned McGowan was unlicensed and uninsured when he pulled out in entrance of the bike. He was charged with a transferring violation inflicting demise, however by no means spent a day in jail due to COVID delays.

On Tuesday, he was sentenced to 6 months in jail.

“He might have finished extra time in jail if the courts entertained a trial,” Moughni mentioned. “However on this particular case, there was a plea settlement and he took it and he ran with it.”

“I need to speak to him face-to-face, with out the decide, with out anybody,” Alaose mentioned. “I need to inform him, ‘Why? Why did you kill my son? He’s too younger.’”

You’ll be able to watch Shawn Ley’s full story within the video above.