Gunman shoots multiple at Roosevelt Arms. one dies
Giles opened fire at Roosevelt Arms on Salina Street injuring two and killing Brown and Robinson before police arrested him as bystanders fled. Witnesses described seven to eight shots and a jammed rifle. motive cited as unrequited love.
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Carr
Giles
Brown
Shepherd
Centro
Roosevelt Arms
Nohce
Roosevelt
T.K Smith
South
Salina Street
Brown Was a Man Who Cared for Others
Rob Chepak notes a life of service and community impact in a tribute to Brown, highlighting his acts of kindness and dedication to helping neighbors, colleagues, and friends. The piece reflects on his character, leadership, and the quiet legacy he leaves behind.
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Brown
Man shot on South Salina Street near Lovely Ladies Salon
Willie Brown, 42, known as Albert, a longtime Roosevelt Arms tenant with a limp, was gunned down on the sidewalk near 1445 Salina and the Lovely Ladies Beauty Salon. Neighbors recall his daily presence watching traffic, helping neighbors, and sharing what he had. A suspect, Otis Simmons, 19, witnessed the shooting along with Michael Giles. Brown died about 90 minutes after the upper torso gunshots.
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E. Castle St
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Giles
Love
Simmons
Willie Brown
Lovely Ladies Beauty Salon
South Salina Street
Apartment 12
Roosevelt Arms
Salina Street
Salina
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Jim
Michael Giles
Armfie Brown Conda Trun
John Thomas
Hite
Ali
Thomas
Michael Greer
Robinson Dies in Violence After Engagement to Inmate
Robinson, a devout churchgoing hospital worker, was shot and killed in an apartment altercation two weeks after agreeing to marry her fiancé Titus Johnson, a prison inmate. Giles, said to have pursued the relationship, allegedly shot her as she returned home from visiting him. Her family described a life of faith and service while Giles faced questions about motive and the fatal act.
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John Teores
Lore Ae
Robinson
Titus Johnson
Auburn Correctional Facility
Thomas
Giles
Phaemas
Johnson
Christ
Camneo
Thomas Sand Giles
Thank God I didn't get hurt any worse
Evelyn Shepherd was shot in the neck while on her way to a local laundry. Her landlord Eddie Nelson said a friend went to her apartment four blocks away for a load of laundry when the shooting occurred. Nelson drove the wounded woman to Community General Hospital where she told him she was lucky to be alive and that she was just waiting for John to bring the laundry.
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Giles
Johnnie Bullock
Brown
Bullock
Michael Greer
Sunny
Salina St
Shepherd
Hare
Rhaanas Baaid
Syracuse
Rnd Carr Shepherd
Eddie Nelson
Evelyn Shepherd
Rose Ave
Nelson
Presa
Community General Hospital
Goa
John
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