Two waive attempted homicide charges in Brownsville shooting
Two men waived attempted homicide and related charges Monday for allegedly shooting a man in Brownsville in June.
Darrin Edward Mackey, 27, of Republic and Mark Anthony Johnson, 25, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are accused of shooting Deshawnte Ashad Bell at about 1 a.m. June 3 on Green Street. His injuries were nonlife-threatening. Mackey was a victim in a shooting earlier that week and refused to cooperate with the investigation, according to police.
A third shooting was also reported in the area that week. No injuries were reported in that shooting.
State police believe all three shootings are related.
Police said officers were patrolling the area when they saw a car fleeing Green Street with the passenger door ajar, two minutes before the shooting was reported. Police pulled the car over for running stop signs. Mackey and Johnson said they were coming from a home on Green Street. Mackey allegedly urinated on his hands, trying to destroy evidence, police said.
Police found a .40-caliber Glock handgun with 27 rounds in the magazine and a Taser in the car. Bullets on the scene matched the gun, police said.
Mackey was prohibited from possessing a gun because of multiple felony convictions including possession with intent to deliver drugs in 2012 and robbery in 2013, according to police.
Johnson and Mackey are both charged with attempted homicide, prohibited possession of a firearm, aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. Mackey is facing an additional charge of tampering with evidence and five additional counts of recklessly endangering another person. They waived all of their charges to the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas.
Both men were denied bail in the case.