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Sentenced: Son Shoots Mother While Riding As Passenger In Her Car On Thanksgiving, Fires At Others

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A Michigan man is accused of fatally shooting his mother while riding in her car on Thanksgiving before opening fire on other vehicles.

Police officers responded to 911 calls at 10:30 p.m. on Thursday night. Upon arriving, the officers reported hearing shots in the area near the border of the cities Royal Oak and Pleasant Ridge and found a woman fatally wounded in the head inside her vehicle.

Officers unsuccessfully attempted to save the woman's life.

"Royal Oak and Pleasant Ridge Officers located the accident and discovered the female driver was deceased from a gunshot to the head," a press release from Royal Oak Police Department said. "It appears the passenger of the vehicle shot the female driver."

The suspect, 22, began firing at cars passing by after allegedly shooting his mother, according to the authorities. Three other vehicles were hit by bullets, and a female driver was wounded in the leg. She was transported to a local hospital and is expected to recover.

Police said the suspect shot his 52-year-old mother after an accident. The mother had been driving before the incident. The suspect is from Troy, while his mother was from Southfield.

The suspect fled on foot, but he was found by police and arrested. A 9mm handgun was reportedly recovered.

"The suspect was quickly located in the area and taken into custody," the Royal Oak Police release said.

The Detroit Free-Press reported that investigators are not clear if the alleged shooter was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The paper also wrote witnesses told police the suspect was running erratically when he attempted to escape the scene. He also reportedly seemed confused and shot at people who had offered to help him.

The suspect is being held in the Oakland County Jail, and the Oakland County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident.
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The father of a 22-year-old Troy man charged in the Thanksgiving shooting death of his mother blames drugs for his son's state of mind, he told The Detroit News.

George Michael Harry II was formally charged Tuesday with open murder, five counts of attempted murder and six counts of felony firearm in the incident.

Royal Oak 44th District Magistrate Donald Chisholm said the charges were "as serious as they can get" and denied bond. Chisholm set a Dec. 10 probable cause conference in the case and a Dec. 17 preliminary examination.

It was about 10 p.m. Thursday when the family gathering on Detroit's west side was disturbed.

"Michael's outside waving a gun," someone said, referring to Harry, 22, recalled his father, George Michael Harry, during an interview with The News on Monday. Both men go by their middle names.

"Mike had been totally out of it that night," his father, Michael, said. "Something caused my son to trip."

But he said he's not sure what.

Mike's mother, Sonya Harry, went outside to give her son a ride home. She asked her husband to grab her purse.

"It was my intention to get in the car with them," Michael said. "There was no way I was leaving my wife alone."

But by the time he got outside, they were gone, presumably headed to Troy.

Michael went to his son's home. And waited. Other family members arrived at the Troy home and waited. They heard nothing.

Michael went back to he and Sonya's home and was "up all night," hoping Sonya would return. He filed a missing person report for his wife.

On Friday morning, there was a knock on his door and two police officers on his porch who informed him of his wife's death.

Police said Sonya Harry was driving north on Woodward near the Royal Oak and Pleasant Ridge border about 10:30 p.m. Thursday when motorists phoned in “shots fired” emergency calls. Police believe her son, who was a rear passenger in his mother’s Ford Edge, shot her in the head once with a 9 mm pistol at point-blank range as they passed underneath the Interstate 696 overpass bridge. Sonya Harry lost control of the vehicle and crashed.

After the shooting, police say, Mike allegedly shot at three other vehicles and wounded a 43-year-old Ferndale woman. An infant was in one of the vehicles but was not harmed. The woman was treated for her injuries and released.

"Five other people (other motorists) not associated or with any connection to this matter other than being at the wrong place at the wrong time," the judge noted at arraignment.
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"I'm not mad at my son, as much as I am sorry for him," Michael said. "On the drugs that he was using, your best friend seems to be your enemy."

"That's her boy, and she was his girl," Michael said of his son and wife. "I will never understand why this happened. He's a good boy. I know he committed a heinous crime and deserves his punishment, but he's a good kid."
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Father blames drugs after son charged in mother's shooting death while driving

George Harry was charged Monday with open murder, five counts of attempted murder and six counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
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