Homicide Unit detectives are charging two teens, ages 16 and 17, with criminal homicide for the overnight shooting death of Denzel Hammond, 23, in the parking lot of Summerwind Apartments at 344 Bell Road.
Hammond was shot while in the driver’s seat of his car, which was still in gear when the first officers arrived. They broke out a window to get Hammond out of the car and render aid. Fire Department medics pronounced Hammond dead at the scene.
Suhaela Lemelle, 16, was present and identified Hammond as an acquaintance. Through further investigation, detectives discovered that Lemelle and Draven Hughes, 17, were handling a pistol earlier in the night as they discussed robbing the victim. A subsequent search of Lemelle’s apartment led to the recovery of two guns.
Hughes was taken into custody today at his home.
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Suhaela Lemelle, 16
Draven Hughes, 17