Detroit man charged in fatal gas station triple shooting

Timothy Charles McGhee Jr, charged in a triple gas station shooting, leaving one dead.

Timothy Charles McGhee Jr, 22, was charged by Prosecutor Kym Worthy Saturday in the fatal shooting of Morgan Dawkins, 19, and the non-fatal shooting of Angel Davis, 19, and Tyree Harris, 28. 

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On May 19th around 12:45 p.m., Detroit police officers were sent to a gas station at the intersection of Conant Street and East Outer Drive for a reported shooting. 

When they arrived they located Ms. Dawkins lying face down and unresponsive and the two surviving victims with gunshot wounds. 

All three victims were sent to a local hospital where Ms. Dawkins was pronounced deceased.

Allegedly a verbal altercation between McGhee and Mr. Harris escalated and McGhee fired a gun fatally shooting Ms. Dawkins and injuring Ms. Davis and Mr. Harris. 

Ms. Dawkins was not involved with the defendant or the other men, she was an innocent bystander. 

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Timothy Charles McGhee Jr. was charged with one count of First Degree Murder, six counts of Assault with Intent to Murder, and seven counts of Felony Firearm. 

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