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Feud brews up two shootings, multiple arrests
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November 11, 2009
Roswell — What began as a beef between two young Roswell men spiraled into multiple October shootings and arrests, with more likely to come, said Roswell police.
Lt. James McGee, a spokesman for the Roswell Police Department, said 19-year-old Steven C. Weigert is in Fulton County Jail without bond after being indicted for seven counts of aggravated assault, plus other Crimes. Those charges all stem from an Oct. 11 shooting at the Old Roswell Corners office complex on North Hampton Road.
What's more, Weigert's home, also on North Hampton Road, was shot at 11 times two days later in an apparent deadly game of tit-for-tat, said McGee. At the second shooting, a 14-year-old holding a baby was nearly hit, he said. Luckily, no one was injured in either shooting, which seemed to stem from a few stolen items.
"A 14-year-old and infant could have been killed because of something that was a minor issue," said the police spokesman.
McGee said the string of violent incidents began when Weigert and the brother of a woman he was dating had a falling out. The brother told police he believed Weigert had recently stolen some items from him. So on Oct. 11 the brother and six of his friends were to meet Weigert to settle the score at the office complex. Instead, said police, Weigert was waiting and allegedly opened fire on the men.
Six suspects taken into custody near the empty office complex were later arrested for loitering and prowling: 19-year-old Stephon Abercrombie and 21-year-old Devon King of Alpharetta; 20-year-old Michael R. Smith and 22-year-old Jamil Lapread of Roswell; 21-year-old Chantia V. Tubbs of Sandy Springs; and 21-year-old Mykell Marshall of Marietta. All said they were the victims of the shooting.
The brother of Weigert's girlfriend, the one who had arranged the meeting, apparently had driven away at the sound of gunshots. Likewise, Weigert was gone.
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Investigators said Smith was found hiding in the bushes near a home on Old Ellis Drive.
A resident there told police he'd seen a man with a handgun behind his home. In that home, officers also found Abercrombie, who had apparently ran inside and hid in a closet. Smith and Abercrombie told officers they had shown up with their friend to find Weigert.
King, Lapread, Tubbs and Marshall were later found in a 2002 Jaguar X-type at a closed business on Northfield Parkway.
McGee said detectives found several shell casings at the scene.
Those matched casings collected May 30 from another shooting involving Weigert but unrelated to these events.
At Weigert's North Hampton Road home in May, he allegedly shot at his mother's fiancee, with whom she had been feuding. He then took off and eluded police.
That forensic evidence was added to the eyewitness testimony for police to take out warrants for Weigert.
After the Oct. 13 drive-by shooting at Weigert's home, he was arrested that day by Alpharetta police, who spotted his car. There are no known witnesses to the Weigert drive-by, said McGee.
But the police spokesman said he is confident the shooters will be brought to justice.
"We're pretty sure we'll be bringing that case to fruition pretty soon," he said.
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Tags: Crime, Roswell
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