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Male charged with killing two people and wounding six others

RawNews1st August 27, 2022

Aug 26, 2022

RawNews1st – Winston Kirtley Jr., 36, charged with killing two people and wounding six others in July is “in a confused state of mind,” his attorney said Friday.

He refused to put on clothes and attend a hearing Friday in Detroit’s 36th District Court. On July 31 after an argument over parking escalated, he is accused of shooting eight people and two fatally.

Toyake Thirkeild, 39, and Andre Willis, 38, died. When his lawyer, James Schlaff, went to talk to Kirtley again Thursday, the defendant was on the psychiatric floor of the jail and was “very much in a confused state of mind as well as very aggressive.”

The shooting happened between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. July 31 near Coyle and Plymouth and Kirtley allegedly became angry after finding his driveway was blocked by someone attending a birthday party at his neighbor’s home, police said.

He shot into the air once before firing multiple shots into his neighbor’s house. Kirtley was denied bail and has been in the Wayne County Jail since his arrest July 31.

A woman is now in custody accused of robbery, conspiracy and kidnapping.

Judge Kenneth King referred Kirtley for a competency examination, which will determine if he is mentally fit to stand trial.