Khuja argued that Aiyash did not know McCray had a gun. Still, the doors to the gas station were unlocked 15 seconds before McCray opened fire, she said. Patrons even offered to pay for the ice tea and doughnuts McCray is accused of attempting to steal, Posigian said. Wayne County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Anna Posigian said Friday that patrons of the store were locked inside for almost eight minutes, despite kicking, pushing, and pulling at the doors. Worthy's office announced the involuntary manslaughter charges against the clerk Thursday evening. McCray was charged last week with first-degree murder and several other charges. Langston told the Free Press that McCray warned he would shoot every customer in the store if the doors remained locked. David Langston, 37, and another customer, 60, survived their gunshot wounds. Gregory Karlos Fortner-Kelly, 37, of Detroit, was killed. "Get the f- on," Aiyash can be heard repeatedly saying in the video while shooing patrons with his hand.īut the enraged suspect soon gunned down the three other customers inside. Video footage of the incident from behind the clerk's counter, reviewed by the Free Press, shows Aiyash had told patrons in the store to get out after unlocking the door several minutes into the dispute. Appearing before a judge via video feed from the Detroit Detention Center, looking pale and fatigued, Al-Hassan Aiyash listened quietly as a judge expressed concern over the 22-year-old gas station clerk's alleged role in a May 6 triple shooting that left one person dead and two others injured.Īiyash pleaded not guilty Friday to involuntary manslaughter two weeks after locking three patrons inside a Mobil gas station on McNichols Road near the Lodge Freeway with the suspected gunman, Samuel Anthony McCray, 27, during an argument over less than $4.Īiyash had locked the doors electronically in an attempt to prevent theft, and he eventually did unlock the doors, but Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said he did so too late, without telling anyone.
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