A man who killed a Detroit police officer and another man over four days has been sentenced to 46-60 years in prison. Thirty-two-year-old JuJuan Parks pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the unrelated 2019 deaths of Officer Rasheen McClain and Nathaniel Loyd. He was sentenced Wednesday. Charges in connection with the death of a second man were dismissed under a plea agreement. Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Matthew Penney read a letter written by McClain’s widow, Heidi McClain, who said Parks had given her a “lifetime sentence of pain and grief.” Parks’ attorney said he believes his client is “extremely remorseful” for his actions.
JuJuan Parks was charged with murdering Officer Rasheen McClain after a shooting in November 2019. More charges soon followed after police linked Parks to two other murders that happened days before McClain's death.
DETROIT — A Detroit officer and a suspect, who police said was “indiscriminately” firing shots, were killed Wednesday night on the city’s west side, the police chief said, prompting him and other city leaders to decry rising gun violence. Standing outside Sinai-Grace Hospital hours after what he called a “very