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Two siblings in Eastpointe, Michigan, are facing multiple charges
related to a shooting near a Foot Locker store that occurred on May
3.

The altercation left two people dead and one seriously injured.

At around 2:50 p.m., Lakylia Taylor (19) and her brother Dejuan
Taylor (21) arrived at the Foot Locker parking lot with some
friends. After exiting the vehicle they began walking toward the
store when they came across a Jeep Compass parked nearby. This
vehicle contained another group of young men.

Tyjaune Pierre Morrs-Turner emerged from the Jeep with three others
carrying a handgun and got into an argument with Dejuan. The verbal
dispute soon turned physical, with the four men assaulting Dejuan
and pinning him to the ground. Surveillance footage captured the
confrontation.

As the four men beat Dejuan, Lakylia became frightened and returned
to her vehicle and retrieved her brother’s pistol. She shot one of
the individuals who had been on top of Dejuan before firing
additional rounds at the other assailants. The footage appears to
show Lakylia firing at one of the assailants while he was on the
ground.

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Footage of 19-year-old Lakylia Taylor shooting four men, k*lling
two after they allegedly started jumping and pistol-whipping her
brother

After the shooting, Dejuan allegedly picked up one of the
assailant’s firearms and magazines from the ground before the
siblings ran back to their car and fled the scene.

Lakylia later turned herself in two days after the incident after
her attorney consulted with law enforcement. Dejuan was arrested
around the same time period, although reports do not specify the
exact date he was taken into custody.

Lakylia was charged with two counts of second-degree murder,
assault with intent to do great bodily harm, two felony firearm
counts for carrying and firing a gun during a felony, carrying a
concealed weapon without a license, and tampering with evidence,
according to Macomb Daily.

Dejuan is facing charges for firearm larceny for taking one of the
assailant’s guns, carrying a concealed weapon, larceny for taking
the magazines, and tampering with evidence.

Lakylia could be facing life in prison while Dejuan could spend up
to 20 years if convicted of all charges.

Lakylia is being held in the Macomb County Jail on $2.5 million
bond. Dejuan is also being held in the same facility on a $250,000
bond.

Randall Upshaw, Lakylia’s attorney argued that she should not be
charged with second degree murder.

"She didn’t know this individual. She had no beef with this
individual," he said, according to Fox 9. "But she’s crying out
there watching her brother attempt to be murdered. At this point,
she runs to the car and grabs what we believe to be her brother’s
pistol."

Macomb County assistant prosecutor Kumar Palepu pointed out that
“Miss Taylor is on video shooting the victims at point-blank range”
and that she “repeatedly fired at one of the victims while he was
on the ground.”

Judge Kathleen Galen rejected the defense’s argument because
Lakylia had fired the gun 11 times during the altercation. She also
pointed out that she did not possess a permit to carry the firearm
that she used in the attack.

“Eleven rounds were discharged from the firearm that Lakylia Taylor
had, killing two people, one of which appeared to be backing away
from the fight in the video,” Galen said, according to Macomb
Daily.. “On the issue of malice, her actions show that she had
malice because she fired 11 shots which shows at the very least a
reckless disregard for human life.”

The judge further argued that even though one of the assailants was
brandishing a firearm, “at no time was it raised or pointed.”

So far, this looks like a case of self defense from where I sit.
The footage clearly shows the four young men assaulting Dejuan. One
of them was brandishing a firearm. There is no way Laylia could
have known whether they were going to kill her brother. She did
what many would have done — she defended her sibling.

She did not shoot the assailants after they finished beating Dejuan
— she acted while the assault was happening.

It’s also worth noting how Michigan’s gun control laws allowed
prosecutors to further charge both siblings simply for owning and
carrying a firearm. These laws are aimed at allowing the government
to target people simply for possessing the means by which they can
defend themselves.

These two individuals could find themselves behind bars for a
lengthy period of time for doing what the Second Amendment was
meant for. This is the type of environment the anti-gunners want
for Americans.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/07/25/foot-locker- shooting-n2660916

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