PONTIAC, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - A Pontiac man is accused of robbing a co-worker of $12,000 in cash; shortly before he was shot and robbed of some of that stolen money. "The victim will be prosecuted for his own alleged crimes, but those crimes don't justify what happened to him," Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said in the press release.
The suspects were arrested within days of the shooting and collectively face charges including murder, armed robbery and illegal weapons possession.
PONTIAC, MI – Officials are investigating after a 66-year-old businessman was shot and killed in Oakland County. According to WXYZ-TV in Detroit, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a business in the 1000 block of University Drive in Pontiac at 8 p.m. on Monday.
Once inside, they fatally shot the victim, zip-tied him and put a bag over his head. Bouchard says the three then stole about 50 pounds of marijuana.
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