DETROIT – A Michigan man is facing federal charges after allegedly committing a shooting “in broad daylight” at a Detroit gas station while he was out on bond and wearing a GPS tether, authorities said.
James Taylor, 27, of Detroit, was arraigned Wednesday in U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan on two counts of felon in possession of a firearm and one count of felon in possession of ammunition, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
The charges stem from an incident around 7 p.m. on April 25 at a gas station in the area of Livernois and Waverly streets in Detroit. The defendant was allegedly caught on surveillance video firing shots from a vehicle at the driver of another vehicle.
After the other driver fled from his vehicle, the defendant circled around the gas station several times, apparently looking for the victim. The defendant then took the victim’s car.
No one was injured during the incident.
Taylor, who was on pretrial release in Wayne County for a different felony offense, was wearing a GPS tether at the time of the shooting.
“The type of brazen behavior alleged in this case is shocking, and it is a miracle that someone was not injured or killed,” U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison said in a statement. “We will not tolerate it any longer. My office will work closely with our federal partners, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Detroit Police Department to ensure the most violent are taken off the street. This is an example of that type of coordination.”
The defendant was denied bond in this case.
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