ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. â A day later, dried blood still stained the sidewalk along Roanoke Avenue and glass from the car remained in the crepe myrtle in the front yard. Michael Gordonâs grandkids often played there, and now a small piece of yellow police tape lingered on the ground near the steps to his porch. Above the numbers next to his front door was a small hole where a bullet entered.
Gordon left home Wednesday morning and returned not long after to a crime scene. He did not see what happened but the aftermath was seared into his mind: the car with the back window shot out, crashed into a tree; the body on the ground, covered with a sheet; the yellow tape wrapped around his house. Andrew Brown Jr. was the neighbor across the street, a man Gordon had known for decades.
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Police investigating 2 cases of shots fire at Portage home
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PORTAGE, Mich. â Police are investigating after shots were fired at a home in Portage for the second time in the past six months.
Officers from the Portage Department of Public Safety were called to a home on Colonial Avenue around 10:15 Tuesday night for a report of shots fired.
Police say an unidentified vehicle stopped in front of the house and fired at least 12 shots before driving off.
According to officers, some of the rounds hit the house and nearly hit one of the people inside.
Portage police investigating shooting on Colonial Avenue By Will Kriss
Apr 21, 2021 3:36 PM
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) Police in Portage are investigating a shooting incident that took place on Tuesday.
Around 10:15 p.m., officers responded to the 300 block of Colonial Avenue, where an unidentified vehicle stopped in front of a residence and opened fire.
At least 12 shots were heard, and several struck the occupied residence. One round almost hit an occupant inside.
Police say this is the second shots fired incident at the same residence. The first incident occurred in November of 2020, but were different individuals living in the home at that time.