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Redford gas station clerk charged with murder after shooting

By Amber Ainsworth
Published  January 23, 2023 1:32pm EST
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 2 Detroit
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Russell Tyshaun Briggs Jr.

REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (FOX 2 - A Redford gas station clerk is facing murder charges after a fatal shooting inside the business on Telegraph on Friday.

Russell Tyshaun Briggs Jr., 18, was arraigned Monday on charges of second-degree murder and felony firearm.

Police said last week that they were called to the Marathon gas station at 13550 Telegraph Rd. for a shooting around 3:30 a.m. after a man got into an argument with a clerk. Two clerks were arrested after the shooting, and the other clerk hasn't been identified. 

Clerk fatally shoots man inside Redford gas station Friday morning

Questions still remain after a shooting left an unarmed man dead inside a Marathon gas station in Redford Friday morning. Two employees that worked at the business were taken into custody following the incident.