The deal initially hit a stumbling block when the defendant, Gregory Strickland, said in court, “I was only trying to defend myself,” and denied he meant to shoot him so many times.
A man is accused of killing his friend during an argument in Eastpointe then calling Detroit police to tell them what happened. He claimed he did it in self-defense.
EASTPOINTE A 26-year-old Detroit man has been charged with first-degree murder after Eastpointe police said that he shot his friend multiple times during an argument outside a home near Toepfer Road and Gratiot Avenue early Nov. 20.