FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP A man and woman were charged in the shooting death of a Newport man that occurred at the Pleasantville Mobile Home Community early Saturday morning. Officials said in court the shooting was the result of a love triangle.
Austin Corey-Jordan Green, 21, was charged with one count of homicide, open murder, and one count of a felony firearm. He is being held in the Monroe County Jail without bond.
Riley Morgan Young, 20, is being charged with one count of felonious assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of domestic violence. She is being held in the Monroe County Jail on a $50,000 cash or surety bond.
Man shot dead; two in custody
A 26-year-old Newport man died of gunshot wounds and two people are in custody following what officials described as a domestic violence situation early this morning.
The victim has been identified as Michael Allen Tripp. He died at an area hospital after Monroe County sheriff’s deputies found him lying in a street at the Pleasantville Mobile Home Community on Nadeau Road in Frenchtown Township.
According a press release, Deputies Josh Motylinski and Nethanial Oliger were on patrol around 3:15 a.m. in the area of Nadeau Rd. and I-75 when they heard a gunshot. The two searched the vicinity and found the victim lying in the intersection of Pleasantville Dr. and George Dr. at the entrance of the mobile home community.