Another arrest in homicide

Nathaniel Smith

By Charles Sercombe
A second Detroit man has been charged in the recent shooting death that happened on Conant Ave.
Nathaniel Smith, 31, is being charged with accessory after the fact to a felony, in connection with the homicide that occurred on April 24.
According to sources, Smith drove the vehicle that the alleged shooter, Labaran Mixon, fled in after shooting a Detroit man.
The shooting is believed to be connected to a shooting that happened the day before in a neighborhood near Jayne Field in Detroit.
In that shooting, a man also died.
The shootings appear to be part of a family dispute, sources say.
Smith turned himself in to the police department on May 17, and was arraigned on charges in Hamtramck 31st District Court, which allowed Smith to be released on bond ,but he has to wear a tether.
The police department is refusing to release the identity of the shooting victim, citing the privacy rights of the family.
The Review is in the process of appealing that decision.
Mixon is facing the following charges:
o Homicide 1st degree premeditated
o Weapon firearms possession by felon
o Felony firearm
Mixon’s bond was set at $2 million, and his next court date is May 20.
At the shooting scene, witnesses said that several shots were fired.
This was the city’s first homicide of the year.
Posted May 28, 2021