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2nd person arraigned in shooting death of Flint baby, grandmother Updated Jan 08, 2021; Facebook Share FLINT, MI - A second person has been arraigned on a charge related to the Dec. 26 deaths of a grandmother and grandson killed in a drive-by shooting in Flint. Michelle Harvey, 28, was arraigned Thursday, Jan. 7, in Genesee District Court on a single count of accessory after the fact to a felony in connection with the shooting deaths of Belinda Hart, 45, and her 10-month-old grandson Romelo Jones Jr. Harvey’s bond is set at $5,000. She is scheduled to return to court for a probable cause c...

Family of slain Flint 3-year-old calls for ‘Messiah’s Law’ to strengthen penalties for those who shoot into homes and kill kids Updated Jan 03, 2021; Facebook Share FLINT, MI — As Halloween neared, Messiah Williams was looking forward to trick-or-treating in his new Baby Yoda costume. Little more than a week before he could do so, the 3-year-old boy was shot and killed when police say several men opened fire on his family’s Flint home. Months on and with the new year dawning, Messiah’s family is hoping the state will adopt a new law in the slain boy’s name that will make it man...

Romelo Jones Jr. and Belinda Hart died in the 600 block of Pulaski Street in Flint. “I’m just thinking about all the peaceful times I had with him. The long nights, up until 6 a.m. I changed his first diaper,” said Romelo Jones, the baby’s father. Hart was an autoworker. “I’m angry to tears because she was so loved. We stood on the strike line this summer together,” said Claudia Perkins-Milton, the baby’s great-grandmother. Police said Romelo and Hart were not the intended targets of the drive-by shooting. “This is our son right here. And they took...

‘It’s got to stop,’ Flint community calls for end to gun violence after 4 killed over holiday weekend Updated Dec 30, 2020; Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- The Flint community is calling for an end to violence in the city after the holiday weekend left multiple people dead. Four people were killed in Flint over the weekend, including a baby and grandmother who were killed in their sleep during a drive-by shooting. Belinda Hart, 45, and her 10-month-old grandson Romelo Jones, Jr. were shot while sleeping in their home Saturday, Dec. 26. On the same day, 23-year-old Curdetruis Keaton-William...

An infant and three adults were killed in three separate shootings across the city this weekend. "I would describe this as sickening. The whole community is sick and tired of it," Flint Police Chief Terence Green said. Gun fire rang out the day after Christmas on Flint's northside, leaving a trail of lives lost. "This weekend was especially violent because it was four, four deaths. One with a 10-month-old and the grandmother. It’s surreal," Green said. "If a 10-month old being murdered the day after Christmas while he lay asleep, if that doesn't motivate you to help police bring those re...