Arrest Warrant Issued in Aiyana Jones homicide - Detroit Police Officer's Actions Unjustified in Shooting 7 Yr. Old Black Girl

From [HERE] and [HERE] and [HERE] The most significant development in many months concerning the shooting death of a 7 year old girl during a police raid last May occurred Thursday- the Michigan State Police submitted an arrest warrant request to the Wayne Prosecutor's Office for a male suspect.

Since it has long been established that the fatal bullet was fired by one Officer Joseph Weekley, the MSP has apparently found probable cause to believe that Weekley's shooting of the girl, Aiyana Jones, was unjustified and therefore criminal. Weekley has been on paid administrative leave since the shooting.

Aiyana Jones was a casualty of a police raid on an east side duplex during the early morning hours of May 16, 2010. The Detroit Special Response Team, whose raid targeted murder suspect Chauncey Owens, arrested him in a different part of the duplex that morning. The raid was being filmed for the A&E cop reality series The First 48.

The shooting by an SRT member of a sleeping seven year old girl has generated separate investigations, one by the MSP and a second by attorney Geoffrey Fieger, who represents the relatives of the deceased girl in a civil action for wrongful death.

The arrest warrant request follows more than 9 months of investigation by the MSP. It is now up to Kym Worthy's office whether charges should be filed and, if so, which ones.

A spokeswoman for Kym Worthy's office has said a review of the warrant request and its attached, and very large, investigative file could take some time, and that no decision could be expected this week. Stay tuned.