Sentenced: Detroit man charged with killing gay men, transgender woman in mass shooting

[Sugar Cookie]

A man charged with fatally shooting three people and wounding two others at a Detroit home had targeted them because they were gay or transgender, prosecutors said Friday.

Devon Robinson, 18, of Detroit, was arraigned Friday on three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of assault and weapons charges in the May 25 shooting on the city’s east side, the Wayne County prosecutor’s office said. He pleaded not guilty, and a magistrate remanded him to jail.

“We must remain ever vigilant in our fight to eradicate hate,” prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement.

Police have said the shooting happened about 5 a.m. during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The shooting killed 21-year-old Alunte Davis, 20-year-old Paris Cameron and 20-year-old Timothy Blancher, all of Detroit. Davis and Blancher were gay men and Cameron was a transgender woman, the prosecutor’s office said.

Family members said they want justice for the killings. Dasha Robinson remembered Davis, her brother, telling WJBK-TV: “Alunte was silly. He was full of life, he was helpful.”

Prosecutor’s spokeswoman Maria Miller provided the alleged motive in an email Friday but declined to release additional details.

Detroit man charged with killing gay men, transgender woman in mass shooting

DETROIT — A man charged with fatally shooting three people and wounding two others at a Detroit home had targeted them because they were gay or transgender, prosecutors said Friday. Devon Robinson,…

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[Sejanus]

Someone was confused over his wee erections!
Prison will help him come to terms with his demons.

 

[Babs]

So WTF was he doing in their company at 5:00 a.m.? I don't think he was preparing breakfast for them.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

@Babs

He was giving them the sausage.

 

[Babs]

@Babs

He was giving them the sausage.

Who had the eggs?

 

[Old Man Metal]

So WTF was he doing in their company at 5:00 a.m.? I don't think he was preparing breakfast for them.

Buyer's remorse from the night before, I'm betting. Right after that first cup of coffee.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

Buyer's remorse from the night before, I'm betting. Right after that first cup of coffee.

When the drugs wore off...

 

[staysblazed_xo]

"A 19-year-old man has been convicted in the killing of two gay men and one transgender woman following a house party in Detroit in May, 2019.

On Tuesday, a Wayne County jury convicted Devon Kareem Robinson of first-degree premeditated murder, assault with intent to murder and felony firearm, in the triple LGBTQ slaying, according to The Associated Press."

"Robinson will be sentenced April 13, and he faces life behind bars without the possibility of parole."

L I N K !!

 

[Satanica]

A Detroit man who was convicted of killing two gay men and a transgender woman at a party last year was sentenced on Tuesday to three terms of life in prison without parole.

Prosecutors said the man, Devon Robinson, 19, had received oral sex from multiple people at the party, and feared his family and neighbors would find out. He left the party on May 25, 2019, on Detroit’s East Side, and returned about an hour later, wearing a ski mask and holding a handgun, prosecutors said.

Mr. Robinson opened fire immediately upon entering the house, killing Alunte Davis, 21, and Timothy Blancher, 20, who were gay, and Paris Cameron, 20, a transgender woman, the authorities said. Two other people were wounded.
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Mr. Robinson’s lawyer, Evan Callanan, said his client planned to appeal. He said he had argued during the trial that there was no way to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a figure who had been captured on two different video cameras leaving the party and entering Mr. Robinson’s house was, in fact, Mr. Robinson.

“You don’t see his face; you can’t see who it is,” Mr. Callanan said. “I had high hopes that the jury would have reached a different verdict but, unfortunately, they’ve spoken. We plan to appeal and we will see what comes of it.”

Mr. Robinson was sentenced on Tuesday to three life terms without parole for first-degree murder, 10 to 20 years for each count of assault with intent to murder, and two years consecutively for felony firearm, prosecutors said.

“We are pleased that justice has been served in this case,” Kym L. Worthy, the Wayne County prosecutor, said in a statement. “The defendant’s actions were disturbing on so many levels, but the fact that this happened during Pride Month adds salt into the wound. We will continue to be vigilant in our fight to eradicate hate in Wayne County and beyond.”
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