Horrendous Marijuana Crime Owosso Michigan

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Police: Walmart slayings a result of drug deal gone bad Posted: Jan 27, 2017 6:29 PM ESTUpdated: Jan 30, 2017 8:12 AM EST

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OWOSSO, MI (WNEM) -

Investigators have released new details after two Flint men were found dead in a vehicle at a Walmart parking lot. 

Imagine walking through the parking lot of your local grocery store and noticing something wasn’t right in one of the cars. As you look closer, you see two dead bodies.

"Dispatch advised there was a call here at this location. Sergeants from the MSP showed up to investigate, found two individuals deceased in the vehicle,” Lt. Paul Pummill said.

Pummill said that’s what happened about 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27 at a Walmart located on M-21 in Owosso.

When police arrived they found two men, 31-year-old Joseph Michael Carson and 39-year-old Anthony Lee Hammond, both of Flint, dead inside a white Dodge Nitro.

During their investigation, police learned Carson and Hammond made a Craigslist post wanting to sell a quantity of marijuana. The suspects, two brothers from Grand Rapids, agreed to meet with the men at the Walmart parking lot. 

It was there the brother decided to rob Carson and Hammond. They took the marijuana and shot both men in their vehicle. 

On Sunday, police announced they arrested both brothers. 

The first, a 31-year-old man, was taken into custody on Saturday, Jan. 28. On Sunday morning, police executed a search warrant in the 100 block of Stewart Street in Grand Rapids where the second brother, a 23-year-old man, was taken into custody. 

Michigan State Police also impounded a vehicle that is connected with the investigation. 

The suspects are expected to be formally charged later this week. Their names will not be released until they have been arraigned.

They are currently being held in the Shiawassee County Jail. 

Investigators said an autopsy is scheduled for both Carson and Hammond. 

GoFundMe pages have been set up for both victims. To donate to Anthony Hammond's page, click here. To donate to Joe Carson's page, click here. 

Edited January 30, 2017 by Restorium2

[Sledge]

Gets real when its in your own backyard

Beware if your shopping craigslist

[williams2311]

Killed over some Marijuana. Such a sad thing to see.

[Restorium2]

People think that if you are selling illegally that they can do anything to you. 

Don't make so big of a deal that someone will kill you for it.

People are not going to drive for hours and then shoot you for an ounce or two. 

Meet them inside the store or restaurant.

It's the same for any way you find a buyer/patient though.

CraigsList is not the only way predators will find you.

It's all the same when dealing anonymously. The rules apply universally across the whole spectrum of ways to connect.

[Restorium2]

Carson's family declined our request for an interview but a family member says Carson was a medical marijuana card holder who was going to meet another card holder for what he described as a "transfer".

 

 

http://www.abc12.com/content/news/Mid-Michigan-family-grieving-the-loss-of-Flint-man-murdered-in-Owosso-412116223.html

[briefcasejoe]

 they both had kids...:'(

[TajMahal]

So sad, so unnecessary, way to close.