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An anonymous source led the investigation to Corey Graham Jr who was charged with killing Jimmy McMillian,a beloved Belle Glade FL grocery store owner and bass fishing champion. http://www.flwoutdoors.com/community/profile/home.cfm?uid=73569
According to the probable-cause affidavit: Graham initially denied he had anything to do with the crimes. He came to the sheriffs office voluntarily Friday with his mother, and willingly provided a DNA sample.
Meanwhile, detectives saw in store surveillance footage that the shooter had demanded that McMillan empty a cash drawer into a plastic bag. When McMillan obliged, he reached toward the shooters right hand, which held a gun. The shooter jumped back and fired at McMillans shoulder.
That hand had markings on it, and detectives concluded that a tattoo reading Errica, the first name of Grahams mother, matched the markings seen in the video.
After authorities gained a search warrant to photograph Grahams body Saturday, he was taken to the sheriffs office. That was when he admitted his guilt to his father...
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/08/2580037/19-year-old-charged-in-slaying.html#storylink=cpy
I do not follow professional bass-fishing & had never heard of Jimmy McMillan, but just surfed around reading about him. By all accounts, he was a really nice guy. Very sad.
According to the probable-cause affidavit: Graham initially denied he had anything to do with the crimes. He came to the sheriffs office voluntarily Friday with his mother, and willingly provided a DNA sample.
Meanwhile, detectives saw in store surveillance footage that the shooter had demanded that McMillan empty a cash drawer into a plastic bag. When McMillan obliged, he reached toward the shooters right hand, which held a gun. The shooter jumped back and fired at McMillans shoulder.
That hand had markings on it, and detectives concluded that a tattoo reading Errica, the first name of Grahams mother, matched the markings seen in the video.
After authorities gained a search warrant to photograph Grahams body Saturday, he was taken to the sheriffs office. That was when he admitted his guilt to his father...
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/08/2580037/19-year-old-charged-in-slaying.html#storylink=cpy
I do not follow professional bass-fishing & had never heard of Jimmy McMillan, but just surfed around reading about him. By all accounts, he was a really nice guy. Very sad.